Learn to Play Recorder

From The Delightful Companion — Air

  • Learn a slow air from a Baroque English instructional collection.
  • Apply singing line to a non-sonata melodic piece.

Source: The Delightful Companion (London, 1682)

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: A Minor

Full Piece

Play it as a song — smooth, connected, unhurried.

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Notation

Performance Goal: Sustain each phrase in one breath so the air sounds like one unbroken sung line through the final A.