Upper Intermediate

Years 1–2: advanced articulation, Baroque style and ornaments, and the top of the range.

20 lessons in this level.

1. 41. Advanced Articulation — Double Tonguing Two consonants for one note value — and the fast Baroque passages that finally become playable.
2. 42. Baroque Sonata Allegro Movement The Allegro from a complete Baroque sonata.
3. 43. Baroque Adagio Movement and Ornamentation Compare Handel’s printed Andante with an explicitly editorial ornamented option.
4. 44. Introduction to the Alto Recorder Read the alto home-key F-major scale and an authentic passage from Handel’s A-minor recorder sonata.
5. 45. Trill Technique The trill, refined: variable speed, controlled termination, expressive shaping.
6. 46. Minor Keys, Part 1 — Natural and Harmonic Minor Practise natural and harmonic minor scales, then hear a raised leading note in a sourced Telemann cadence.
7. 47. Minor Keys, Part 2 — Melodic Minor and Modal Colour Practise melodic minor as a scale pattern, then follow the real chromatic colour of Telemann’s Grave, TWV41:d4.
8. 48. Baroque Ornamentation Practice — Port de Voix, Coulé, Mordent, Turn Practise rising and falling appoggiaturas, mordents and turns, then play an exact Andante excerpt from Telemann’s duet TWV40:103.
9. 49. Extended Range — G5 and A5 Above F#5 the recorder leaves familiar ground.
10. 50. Altissimo — Bb5 and C6 Bb5 and C6, the top of the working recorder range.
11. 51. A Complete Baroque Dance Movement Until now you have learned techniques; from here you learn pieces.
12. 52. Theme and Variations Play exact Van Eyck passages, compare written divisions and maintain the source melody and pulse.
13. 53. A Complete Short Baroque Sonata From single movements to a multi-movement whole: plan, practise, and perform a short Baroque sonata as one arc rather than separate pieces.
14. 54. Finger Vibrato (Flattement) Explore optional finger vibrato on a held note, using Hotteterre’s note-specific guidance and an exact Loeillet Sarabanda phrase.
15. 55. Contemporary Techniques, Part 1 — Flutter Tonguing and Glissando Two twentieth-century extended techniques for the recorder: flutter tonguing for rough texture and glissando for pitch slides.
16. 56. Contemporary Techniques, Part 2 — Multiphonics, Whisper Tones, and Harmonics Three more extended techniques: two pitches at once (multiphonics), the soft sub-tone (whisper tones), and overblown harmonics.
17. 57. Major Work Study, Part 1 — Overview and First Movement Begin a multi-lesson study of one major Baroque sonata: map the architecture, learn the opening Adagio, and plan the three lessons that follow.
18. 58. Major Work Study, Part 2 — The Slow Movement The Adagio of Loeillet's Op. 1 No. 1 sonata.
19. 59. Major Work Study, Part 3 — The Fast Movements The Allegro and Giga of Loeillet's Op. 1 No. 1 sonata: articulation, fingering shortcuts, and how to make fast Baroque movements light instead of frantic.
20. 60. Major Work Study, Part 4 — Performance and Recording The whole Loeillet Op. 1 No. 1 sonata, end to end.