The Modern Recorder Player

Part I: About Scales and Arpeggios: Intervals - Major Scales - Interval Scales - Minor Scales - Church Modes - Chromatic Scales and Other Variations - Speeding Up - Arpeggios Appendix for Advanced Players - Part II: About Trills: The Function of Trills - The Basic Movement of the Fingers - How to Blow During a Trill - The Measured or Chain Trill - The "Rubato" Trill - With or Without a Turn - On or Before the Beat - Alternative and Special Fingerings for Trills - Trill-turn Fingerings - Part III: About Vibrato: How to Produce Vibrato - The Larynx - Vibrato Technique - The Position of the Cheeks and Lips - Tempo Variations of the Vibrato Wave - Vibrato Used to Suggest Dynamics - Finger-Vibrato - Some Practical Examples - Part IV: More About Articulation: "Hidden" Articulation - Articulaton as the Main Element - Articulation and the Limitations of the Recorder - Some Notorious Articulation Problems - Some Special Early Music Articulations - Articulations on Different Types of Recorder