Fingering for Tenor and Grand Bass

    
Fingering for Tenor and Grand Bass    20:33 on Friday, December 23, 2022          

Korkoro
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Posted by Korkoro

Hi all,

New member here. I've got a music degree (theory and composition), I play tuba and build lap dulcimers. I want to buy, and play, the recorder. Since I read both treble and bass clef well, I have thought the tenor or grand bass would be the best for me. I sing bass in my church choir and play tuba in bands. I like the low notes and would like to, eventually, have a grand bass.

In the meantime, as I'm saving up for a grand bass, I thought I'd buy a tenor. Hopefully, my assumption is correct that the fingering on the tenor is the same as the grand bass.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

John



Re: Fingering for Tenor and Grand Bass    15:17 on Saturday, December 24, 2022          

f-a
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Posted by f-a

In the meantime, as I'm saving up for a grand bass, I thought I'd buy a tenor. Hopefully, my assumption is correct that the fingering on the tenor is the same as the grand bass.


If you cover all holes in a recorder and blow, you will get:
- a C in soprano (descant) and tenor recorders;
- an F in alto and bass recorders.

so it is CFCFCFCFCF… all the way down.


Re: Fingering for Tenor and Grand Bass    19:10 on Saturday, February 25, 2023          

Recorder_Flute
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Posted by Recorder_Flute

If your grand bass is in C, then it would be the same fingering. If it's not, I would recommend a alto recorder, which is in F. The recorder has 2 keys, F and C. The music unfortunately does not transpose for us between keys. Tenor recorders are in C. I have a bass recorder and it is in F, but a grand bass is bigger. My best advice is to check the key of your grand bass. If it's in F, then it would not be the same fingering as a tenor. If it is in F, I would recommend to buy the size down from the tenor which is the alto recorder. Hope that helps!

<Added>

Note: There actually isn't a grand bass recorder, but there is a great bass recorder which is quite low. Good news! The great bass recorder is in C like the tenor, which means the same fingering!


Re: Fingering for Tenor and Grand Bass    09:26 on Monday, October 2, 2023          

ronaldo7aq
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Posted by ronaldo7aq

nice information


   




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