Recorder Lessons. The recorder lessons are here. If you're new, start with the Level 1 Introduction for the first steps on how to play. Otherwise, just choose the lesson which matches your level. Also, be sure to visit the Recorder Music Library. The alto (treble) recorder lessons are on the left, the soprano (descant) ones are on the right.

Your online Recorder Teacher. Your online recorder teacher. Together we'll achieve your musical goals. We play every step together. Perhaps you've never played before. Or you play now, and want to improve. This course gets your music to where you want it. …

A world of exquisite music like this is at your fingertips. Quite literally. These lessons will bring it to you. Now we begin. These lessons are for the alto, or treble recorder. The reason: most recorder music is for the alto. If you play the soprano (or decant) recorder, your lessons are here. The recorder has three parts, or joints, shown below.

Recorder playing involves breath, fingers, tongue, ears, eyes. And the heart. We detail each in turn. Breath. Your breath makes the recorder sound. All recorder music, good and bad, comes from blown air. Likewise for any wind instruments, of course, however breath for the recorder is uniquely different.

This is from an 18th century sonata by Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gant. You'll meet him again near the end of the course. A world of exquisite music like this is at your fingertips. Quite literally. These lessons will bring it to you. Now we begin. These lessons are for the tenor recorder. It has three parts, or joints, shown below.

Based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, the Twin Cities Recorder Guild meets once per month. There is a music library and a regular newsletter. Local Teachers

The recorder music library on this site has many beginners (and more advanced) pieces, with audio players included. Most of the great recorder music was written in the 17th and 18th century. 17th century manuscripts, like the one below on the left, are not easily read. 18th century ones (below right) are better, but still a challenge.

The recorder is different. The past, particularly the 17th and 18th century, holds incredible riches for recorder players. To unlock them we must learn to read music, starting here. Some of you may read music already, perhaps from learning other instruments. If so, skip this lesson, likewise the music notation instruction in the lessons which ...

He began formal recorder studies with the Washington Recorder Society in 1980. Returning to Australia, he studied under Catherine Weaver and Hans Dieter Michatz. He is the co-founder of Balmian Baroque, a 5 piece ensemble which has performed regularly in Sydney since 1995.

Now for our first note. Place your left thumb (LTh) over the single hole on the recorder bottom, the left index finger (L1) on the first hole on the top. Support the recorder with your right thumb (RTh). As below. Now let the recorder hang vertically, held by …