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Having fun with a C soprano dbl recorder! I’ve wanted one, and then discovered a man named Marek who makes them for $200 rather than the same for closer to $2,000 from other sources. There is a sound sample at this link. https://www.flute.pl/medieval-double-recorder-c-dwojnica-sredniowieczna/
Hi Janice! Music is in my soul. I just play what I feel. But actually this instrument DOES sound very medieval! One is C, and the other F — a 5th apart. So I actually DO play medieval-sounding music. 😉
It only gets an octave and a half. So most written music I can’t play — unfortunately. I thought the more expensive ones must get more than 1 1/2 octave, but I looked up the Philippe Bolton, and it’s the same.
BUT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! (I have an alto recorder, 5 Native American flutes in different keys, including an amazing Aeolian Double in A that I LOVE!, and 4 bamboo side-blown flutes in different keys. But this double recorder and the double Aeolian flute are my new Favorites. 😊
And I have 2 harps and 2 Lyres. So actually I guess I AM mostly drawn to playing midieval and ancient-sounding music. I play very Egyptian-sounding music on my Lyres a lot. (Been to Egypt twice.) 😉
It sounds like you have a lot of fun with your varied musical pursuits! I’m someone who has to read from sheet music, so I admire people like you who are able to innovate and play by ear. You have a really interesting variety of instruments.
Thank you for sharing the info about the more affordable double soprano. It’s very tempting, though I may have trouble justifying buying yet another instrument. (I play flute and handbells as well as five sizes of recorders.) I also looked at Sarah Jeffery’s page about the double recorders, which shed some more light on this instrument–this has been a fun “rabbit hole” to go down!
Hi again Janice! I play this everyday! And my double Native American flute too. Wish I could easily read music and play that way. Reading music doesn’t come easy for me. But spontaneous playing does. Of all my instruments. 😊 And I especially Love this ability to play and harmonize 2 instruments at once. 😉🎶. I found the harmonizing notes on my own.
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