Cool. I can see where the ability of reading the music that the singers are=
would be helpful. That makes since.=20

It's not that I can't learn another set of fingerings (right now I play 6 d=
ifferent woodwind instruments). It's that I would rather my kids have more =
time to make music than to learn a separate set of fingerings.=A0 I only ge=
t them one day a week and if they miss that time for what ever reason, I do=
n't get to see them at all.=A0 It's not hard to transpose, so I thought tha=
t it would be a way to get the alto/bass parts in faster.=20

Thanks for the info,=20
Ledonna

--- On Sun, 4/11/10, Sue Roessel Dura wrote:

From: Sue Roessel Dura
Subject: Re: [RECL]Transposition question
To: "Recorder_Classroom"
Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 8:29 PM

On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:30:59 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>Why don't they transpose the parts for the F recorders like they do for th=
e other woodwinds?=A0 That way the fingerings would be the same though out =
the family.=20
>
>Just wondering.
>
>Ledonna

Recorder ranges are smaller and the music we play is often 'stolen'=A0 So i=
f
everyone can read in C then you can decide which parts to play on each
instrument.=A0 There's some music that is very low in the soprano range and=
it
might sound better alto up.=A0 Choral music is always in C and since we can=
all
read it, we can play it.=A0 Same with hymns.=A0 The bass recorder, also an =
F
instrument, reads in C just like the bassoon.=A0 My question is, why are mo=
dern
players unable to do this simple thing?

Best,
Sue
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