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. …

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.

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.

The recorder lessons on this site help those without the means or time to find a teacher. However nothing replaces a skilled live instructor. However nothing replaces a skilled live instructor. In the classic 18th century book "On Playing the Flute" by Quantz, the advice was

Anne Timberlake is a St Louis MO based recorder teacher and performer. She has degrees from Oberlin Conservatory and Indiana University, and is a founding member of the ensemble Wayward Sisters. She provides individual lessons to all ages from her studio in St Louis, runs workshops, and offers online lessons via Skype, Facetime, or Google video ...

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 ...

Recorder Music Library. Here you'll find recorder music, from preliminary to advanced. Read it from your screen, or print it out. For each level, the easier tunes are the ones on the left. There is more than just the music scores. All the pieces come with audio players.

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