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Partridge indicates that the use of the instrument by jongleurs led to its association with the verb: Recorder the minstrel's action, a recorder the minstrel's tool. [5] [14] The reason is uncertain why this flute instrument—rather than some other instrument played by the jongleurs)—is known as the recorder.
This article consists of four alphabetical lists of people whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles: first, professional recorder players notable for their playing; second, professional ensembles of recorder players; third, people who have played the recorder in notable works; and fourth, amateur players ...
Đàn bầu - monochord zither: often tuned C3, though tuning varies; Đàn đáy - long-necked three-stringed lute with trapezoidal body: tuned G3 C4; Đàn nguyệt (also called nguyệt cầm, đàn kìm or Quân tử cầm) - moon-shaped two-string lute: no fixed tuning; strings are tuned a 4th, 5th, or 7th (minor), derived from the Chinese yueqin
The contrabass recorder plays an octave lower than the ordinary bass (or "basset") recorder. Until recently, it was the largest instrument in the recorder family, but since 1975 has been exceeded by the sub-great bass recorder (also called "contra-great bass" or simply "contrabass" recorder) in C 2 and the sub-contrabass recorder in F 1.
Recorder, tenor (AM 1998.60.41-1) The tenor recorder is a member of the recorder family. It has the same form as a soprano (or descant) recorder and an alto (or treble) recorder, but it produces a lower sound than either; a still lower sound is produced by the bass recorder and great bass recorder.
The Sonata in A minor (HWV 362) was composed (c. 1712) by George Frideric Handel for recorder and basso continuo (the autograph manuscript, a fair copy made most likely in 1712, gives this instrumentation in Italian: "flauto e cembalo"). [1] The work is also referred to as Opus 1 No. 4, and was first published in 1732 by Walsh.
Works for recorder include: By Jacob van Eyck. Der Fluyten Lust-hof, 1644. A collection of about 140 melodies, each with a number of diminutions or variations, for ...
The tuba (UK: / ˈ tj uː b ə /; [1] US: / ˈ t uː b ə /) is the largest and lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass family.As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibration – a buzz – into a mouthpiece.