What Do You Call

[jennyjoan]

what do you call the long I think winded instrument that looks like a very long recorder .

[Mamyalynne]

As Jackdaw says, it may be a Bass Recorder you've seen.

http://tinyurl.com/pjqobam

[jennyjoan]

bass recorder looked pretty much like it - but unfortunately after reading a little about - the pitch would be too high and it would go through my hearing aid with pain. I need a low pitch instrument cos I want to learn something before I croak it - last night LOL not funny!!!!

[jennyjoan]

posted my post in before I looked at your link Mamy - and the bass recorder would be near it . But as I say the high pitch wouldn't suit me.

[dannyk13]

Have you looked at the Oboe d'amore?

[EDDIE51]

There are 5 or 6 types of recorder from around 24 cm to over 100 cm
http://www.music88.com/type.htm
The Contra -tenor is the largest it can be over 100 cm long.

[EDDIE51]

Conra base,sorry.

[corylus]

Surely the bass recorder will have a much lower tone than the smaller ones.

[jennyjoan]

thanks all - but due thanks to Eddie - as yours would be the nearest.

I am now thinking that each single recorder would have a different pitch perhaps suitable to my hearing. Now to try find a teacher.

[Mamyalynne]

Contra bass is the largest in the link I sent , good luck Jenny.

[jennyjoan]

i know Mamy that would be the largest but would it be the "highest" pitch - which I couldn't handle. Don't worry - I will may be call into a music shop in town and they could help me what to pick and also may be get an instructor.

[fiction-factory]

http://www.asiabookofrecords.com/longest-flute/

[Hypognosis]

@jennyjoan

You probably hate Wikipedia but here's the recorder page anyway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder_(musical_instrument)

Hope this helps.

[Booldawg]

This is going great guns! Can I make a suggestion to the Ed to have a regular 'guess the musical instrument' slot on a weekly basis?

[jennyjoan]

hyper - I love wiki - that was a funny link.


Now yous are all going to kill me - I have now been looking for quite some time at clarinets as that was my dream - have been fully knowledged???? in that quite some older people have taken it on and love it. 60-75 years old.

I looked up a few tutors but apart from one lady they are all too far away.

I am exhausted looking now - so will try this lady tomorrow - when i went into CONTACT HER - the information they want you to insert - I may as well interrogate her in Castlereagh Police Station. LOL But will try tomorrow. Thanks all for your help.

[EDDIE51]

Some virtuoso Alto recorder playing here, the famous ' Variations on a theme of Paganini'

[saxy_jag]

Treble and tenor recorders both look like longer versions of the standard (soprano) recorder. Treble has a range just below soprano and wouldn't be too 'bass-y' for you. If you want to learn, though, try starting with the soprano because you can buy a reasonable one more cheaply and the fingering is virtually the same (although it plays different notes). You might also want to take a look at the 'low whistle' - a bit like an penny whistle but longer (and considerably more expensive).

Clarinet and alto saxophone are easier to learn than you'd think. The latter in particular takes less puff than you'd think too. The instrument does all the work for you.

[Mamyalynne]

I think Jennyjoan has chosen the Clarinet.


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