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    @Holgmeister said:

     Hi Beat,

    (no, I was not really serious with my posting).

    Kid's music education is one thing - in our family it was a 2:1 (my brother and my sister became famous Jazz musicians, I became the computer geek)

    That's why I am doing only electronic music - my late revenge...

    But seriously: of course you are right.. I am badly missing a serious education in score reading and piano playing now..

    Regards

    Holger

    P.S. I still don't like the sound of recorders  😉

    To me recorder sound depends who plays and how good recorder. btw applies all sound sources. to me recorder maybe never go list what i need my samplesetup.
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    Here is a piece for the VSL recorders -

    I was traveling through a forest near Mount Shasta California, and wanted to compose something for it.  It was a beautiful tranquil place, with very old trees in vast, ancient woods that surrounded the road in all directions.  This place is very tranquil and quiet. So I thought of using the Mystic Spaces which is an incredibly beautiful reverb, and these wonderful recorders to try and get that feeling of the forest echoes and sounds of nature coming out of the distance.   

    http://www.vsl.co.at/Player2.aspx?Lang=1&DemoID=5995
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    @William said:

    Here is a piece for the VSL recorders -

    I was traveling through a forest near Mount Shasta California, and wanted to compose something for it.  It was a beautiful tranquil place, with very old trees in vast, ancient woods that surrounded the road in all directions.  This place is very tranquil and quiet. So I thought of using the Mystic Spaces which is an incredibly beautiful reverb, and these wonderful recorders to try and get that feeling of the forest echoes and sounds of nature coming out of the distance.   

    http://www.vsl.co.at/Player2.aspx?Lang=1&DemoID=5995

    Wow! Apaches!!!!!!! Flatheads!!!!!!

    Or could it be medieval persons. 

    Loads and loads of reverb there. The recorder is an instrument that definitely reminds me of early school days and is somewhat forgotten in this listeners orchestral template. I must look into that. Nice sound there Billy. I hope you took photos of the area and get them over asap.
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    Thankfully the only positive aspect of the Greek musical education system is that it doesn't traumatize schoolchildren by excessive recorder practice. Actually there is no instrumental practice whatsoever.... So I had to buy a recorder for myself whne I was little, and tinker with it. I must say I got bored of it pretty quickly.

    Be that as it may, in small doses it is a very welcome and evocative instrument - like in this track. I don't think I have ever encountered romantic, or 20th century-sequenza-like virtuosic writng for this instrument. Perhaps happily. It does seem however that the recorder is inextricably linked with, and shackled by Renaissance, or Renaissance-like aesthetics, probably due to its stubborn stereotypical use in such, as well as Medieval movies' soundtracks. It is a pity, since the instrument family seems to be able to carry melodies and emotions beyond what simple modal writing can offer.

    I enjoyed this highly reverberated track, the recorder lending itself very aptly to William's favourite, sorrowful kind of melodic writing, and I most enjoyed the Herrmannesque harp writing towards the end.
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     Herrmannesque? How did that happen?
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    Enjoyed that william as did guy's double concertino for flutes. Both very sensous and educational. ∞
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    Very beautiful and magic piece William. Bravo !

    Best

    Phil
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    Thanks Philippe, Dar, Errikos and Paul.   All fine members of various warring barbarian tribes.    Of course Errikos woud insist that the Franconian (Philippe), the Angle (Paul) and the Emorite (Dar) were the barbarians, gibbering "Bar-Bar-Bar-Bar.." incomprehensibly to his sarcastic apprehension.  But the debased Modernist-Spartan has to admit that he is just as warlike as any of his detested barbarian New-Horde-members. 

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     Errrrr .... wut?!? 8-] .... answers like these are one of the reasons why I love this forum. ;-)

    BTW - beautiful music, William! Congratulations.

    /Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library
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    Indeed... Thanks for the music and acerbic wit as always William.
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    Hi,

    I own the Recorders and i love the sound. But some single samples really destroy the context when you play. 

    For example: Alto Recorder - Sustain with Vibrato - please play A2 and G#2 in a context with the other Keys.

    Yesterday I played the Beginning of the Harry Potter Song  "A Window to the past". to find here: 



    play and you will know what I mean. These two sounds sound "Sharper - nearly like a different Instrument". Could someone confirm that issue?

    Thank you.

    BR Lars
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    Hi Lars,

    i totally agree with you : the sustain vibrato G#2 and A2 sound hoarse compare to other notes. It would be great to have an update to fix this problem ...

    Best.

    Philippe