THE RENAISSANCE RECORDER
This drawing by Agricola
(1545) shows a typical renaissance quartet, with an alto recorder in g,
two tenor recorders in c and a bass recorder in f, all tuned a fifth
apart. The range of each instrument would have been an octave and a
sixth.The bore would have been cylindrical for most of the length, with a contraction near the lowest holes.
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Click on the picture to see a fingering chart
This drawing by
Praetorius, which dates from the end of the renaissance (1619) shows a
larger family or consort of recorders. The lowest instruments are more than two metres long.
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Click on the picture to see a fingering chart
View the bore profile of two renaissance recorders
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