The Bass Recorder | Edgar Hunt

The Bass Recorder

*A Comprehensive Guide to the Bass and Great Bass Recorders.* This beautifully illustrated book covers historical and musical features of the larger recorders. The book assumes that the reader is already familiar with the treble and descant recorders so that attention can be devoted to those features which are of particular interest to the bass player.

*Topics Covered Include;*
1. Notation
2. Holding the bass
3. Fingering the wider span of the holes
4. Some peculiarities of fingering
5. Repertoire
6. Learning the fingerings in relation to the notation
7. Style in performance
8. The Great Bass in C
9. The Renaissance Bass
10. Historical notes