Comments on: Introducing the family http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/ Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:10:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-38777 John Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:28:10 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-38777 Yah. Must be a discrepancy during manufacture. The rest of my notes sound pretty good and it has a decent range but the 1st octave B just doesn't want to behave. Oh well. This instrument will be good to practice on and I'll keep an eye out for a better one on Ebay Yah. Must be a discrepancy during manufacture. The rest of my notes sound pretty good and it has a decent range but the 1st octave B just doesn’t want to behave. Oh well. This instrument will be good to practice on and I’ll keep an eye out for a better one on Ebay

]]> By: Ian http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-38776 Ian Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:09:03 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-38776 Very strange, both my B's are spot on. Very strange, both my B’s are spot on.

]]> By: John http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-38775 John Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:43:38 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-38775 If I do the B on that chart (the standard B) it's really really sharp most of the time. If I do the fingering suggested to make it slightly flatter it starts to sound weird. If I do the B on that chart (the standard B) it’s really really sharp most of the time. If I do the fingering suggested to make it slightly flatter it starts to sound weird.

]]> By: Ian http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-38774 Ian Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:31:43 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-38774 I remember having to use alternate fingerings for Eb. The Yamaha fingerings will be a good start http://www.recorder-fingerings.com/en/F.php?Tibia=mYam-4B1KB-Bar, much closer than the standard enclosed finger chart. Regards, Ian I remember having to use alternate fingerings for Eb.
The Yamaha fingerings will be a good start http://www.recorder-fingerings.com/en/F.php?Tibia=mYam-4B1KB-Bar, much closer than the standard enclosed finger chart.
Regards,
Ian

]]> By: John http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-38773 John Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:29:26 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-38773 The airyness was a bad on my part. I have discovered my first octave B to be kind of out of tune and weak so I've had to play around with some alternative fingerings to get it to play right. The airyness was a bad on my part. I have discovered my first octave B to be kind of out of tune and weak so I’ve had to play around with some alternative fingerings to get it to play right.

]]> By: Ian http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-38768 Ian Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:15:38 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-38768 Hi John, I didn't remember any issue with the upper register, so I've just had a play. I had no issues all the way to high G; maybe I've just got a good one. Obviously I don't have anything to compare against, but for me it's fine. Regards, Ian Hi John,
I didn’t remember any issue with the upper register, so I’ve just had a play. I had no issues all the way to high G; maybe I’ve just got a good one.
Obviously I don’t have anything to compare against, but for me it’s fine.
Regards,
Ian

]]> By: John http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-38765 John Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:39:10 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-38765 Hey, I just got a Woodnote bass recorder myself and was wondering if you had issues with it sounding really airy in the upper register? Hey, I just got a Woodnote bass recorder myself and was wondering if you had issues with it sounding really airy in the upper register?

]]> By: Ian http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-37077 Ian Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:50:25 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-37077 Glad it helped. We have a couple from the U3A play with us in our recorder consort at Dunstable Music Centre, so yes it not just for kids; it keeps the mind and fingers nimble. Regards, Ian Glad it helped.
We have a couple from the U3A play with us in our recorder consort at Dunstable Music Centre, so yes it not just for kids; it keeps the mind and fingers nimble.
Regards,
Ian

]]> By: Ermintrude http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-37056 Ermintrude Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:19:54 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-37056 Thanks for info re woodnote bass. I have been borrowing a Yamaha but wanted something cheaper. I play with the U3A so recorder is becoming something for the old as well as the young. Many people were surprised at just how lovely the consort sounded. Thanks for info re woodnote bass. I have been borrowing a Yamaha but wanted something cheaper.

I play with the U3A so recorder is becoming something for the old as well as the young. Many people were surprised at just how lovely the consort sounded.

]]> By: Ian http://blog.ijhedges.com/2008/12/08/introducing-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-18504 Ian Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:55:27 +0000 http://blog.ijhedges.com/?p=388#comment-18504 Hi Charlie, Yes, I am very please with the Woodnote as an instrument. Visually it appears to be identical to the knick neck bass of a certain Japanese manufacturer whose name starts with Y. It is in matt black plastic rather than the black and white of the Y*. Quality wise it is very good. Unfortunately, one day just before going on for a concert, one of the springs under the keys broke and I have had to replace it. This is however the same fault on the Y* bass recorders as well, this is described at Saunders Recorders http://www.saundrecs.co.uk/ybaskey.htm, so I don't hold that against it. It takes a bit of breath to play, but is in my opinion easier to play than the Aulos bass that the music center has. I hope this helps. Regards, Ian Hi Charlie,
Yes, I am very please with the Woodnote as an instrument. Visually it appears to be identical to the knick neck bass of a certain Japanese manufacturer whose name starts with Y. It is in matt black plastic rather than the black and white of the Y*.
Quality wise it is very good. Unfortunately, one day just before going on for a concert, one of the springs under the keys broke and I have had to replace it. This is however the same fault on the Y* bass recorders as well, this is described at Saunders Recorders http://www.saundrecs.co.uk/ybaskey.htm, so I don’t hold that against it.
It takes a bit of breath to play, but is in my opinion easier to play than the Aulos bass that the music center has.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Ian

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