Recorder; Methods and
Music for Children; Early
Music
SKU:
UT.HS-303
Vol. 2:
Intermediate Level.
Edited by Nicola Sansone.
Saddle stitching.
Classical. Ut Orpheus #HS
303. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.HS-303).
ISBN 9790215327016. 9
x 12 inches.
This
two-volume anthology has
been designed on the
living experience of
teaching as material
intended for descant
recorder players at the
beginner and intermediate
level. The progressive
order allows an approach
to ensemble music,
starting from the use of
just the notes of the
left hand, and proceeds
with the acquisition of
the new positions
reaching the chromatic
range of an octave and a
sixth.
The repertoire
used consists exclusively
of dance music from the
French and Flemish area
contained in various
collections published
between 1530 and 1583 by
various composers and
editors. This choice was
dictated by a number of
different factors: the
extremely clear and
symmetrical metric and
formal schemes typical of
the Renaissance dance
form, with due and useful
exceptions, help to
understand the concept of
musical phrase; the use
of coded and recurring
rhythmic formulas makes
it possible to perfect
the rhythmic division;
harmony based mostly on
the basic steps helps to
form an experience of
listening, intonation and
understanding of the main
harmonic functions. No
less significant are
other elements, such as
variety in the length of
the pieces, from a few
bars up to several dozen,
which favours the
development of
concentration and
attention, with the same
technical difficulties.
Above all, however, the
vastness of the
repertoire, more than 500
compositions, makes it
possible to choose and
order the pieces with an
idea of
​​technical
and musical
progressiveness
comparable to that of a
method.
The edition
is produced in such a way
that all the pieces can
be performed in four
parts except for some in
five parts, in different
ensembles. The most basic
is in reduced three-part
form of descant, tenor
and bass, the latter two
are given respectively to
the right and left hand
of the keyboard player.
Since recorders play at
the octave above, the
tenor part is also
transposed in the same
way to make the sound of
the three upper voices
homogeneous, while the
bass retains its original
range. It is also
possible to enlarge the
group to play the full
four voices with the
addition of an alto or
tenor recorder playing
the alto part, available
in the separate part, and
two more instruments,
tenor and bass recorders
or others, performing the
respective lines alone or
doubling with the
keyboard.
Renaissance Beginner
