Yoshizawa Minoru Alto Recorder Textbook: [Appendix] Scales and Arpeggios, Fingering Charts and Trill Fingering Charts

This alto recorder textbook, written by recorder player Minoru Yoshizawa, will help you create your own beautiful sound. This book explores the fundamentals of recorder performance—breathing and sound production—and allows you to master performance techniques effortlessly and effectively while becoming familiar with original recorder pieces. Featuring a wide range of practice pieces (mostly duets), including works from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque periods, as well as canons and folk songs, this book is designed to allow you to explore a wide range of expressive techniques while learning the unique characteristics, phrasing, and articulation of each piece. It also covers performance practices such as ornamentation and tonguing, allowing you to fully appreciate the charm of the alto recorder. Includes scales and arpeggios, fingering charts, and trill fingering charts.

1: About This Book 2: Composer List Index 3: [About the Recorder] 4: ■ Recorder Names of the Parts 5: ■ How to Assemble a Recorder 6: ■ How to Hold the Recorder in a Balanced Way 7: ■ How to Close the Tone Holes in a Balanced Way 8: ■ Posture 9: ■ Care and Maintenance Before, During, and After Playing 10: [Breathing Techniques and Sound Creation While Playing] 11: ■ Abdominal Breathing (Tandian Breathing) to Resonate the Sound Throughout the Body 12: ■ Tonguing 13: ■ Left Hand Exercises 14: [Fingering] E, D, C 15: ■ Table of the Second Part Let's Imitate the Actual 16: ■ Articulation 17: [Etude] Canon 18: [Fingering] F-G 19: [Etude] Layering of Notes (Chords) 20: [Etude] Gently and Gentlely 21: [The Joy of Canon 1] 22: [Etude] Canon 23: [Etude] Canon 24: [Etude] A Little Bird in the Sky 25: [Etude] Three Geese in the Straw 26: [Etude] Winter Has Come 27: Recorder Repertoire Etude 1 28: [Fingering] B-La-G in the Bass 29: Fairy Tale 30: Barcarola 31: Goodbye, Winter 32: The Little Forest 33: Hercules' Dance 34: Skip Dance 35: May Song 36: Ode to Joy 37: [The Joy of Trills] 38: Minuet (Hemiola, Note Inégal) 39: Rondo 40: Cotillon 41: Passepied 42: [The Joy of Canons 2] 43: [Etude] Canon 44: [Etude] Post Horn Signal (Post Horn Signal) 45: [Etude] Post Horn Signal (Post Horn Signal) 46: [Etude] World Peace 47: [Etude] Coffee 48: [Etude] Canon 49: [Etude] Spanish Dance 50: Recorder Repertoire Etude 2 51: [Fingering] High La Si de Re 52: On Samming 53: The Castle of Anif 54: Light Snowdrop 55: Moonlight 56: Where Have All the Green Trees Gone? 57: French Dance 58: If I Were a Hawk 59: Rondo "My Friend" 60: What a Wonderful Sound This Is 61: Lullaby 62: Minuet 63: Bleu 64: Li Godon 65: Fanfare 66: Tambourine 67: Adagio 68: Minuet 69: [The Joy of Canon 3] 70: [Etude] Canon 71: [Etude] Canon 72: [Etude] Evening Breeze 73: [Etude] Summer Has Come 74: [Etude] Nightingale 75: [Etude] Wedding Canon 76: Recorder Repertoire Etude 3 77: [Fingering] F♯ (G♭) 78: May Lullaby (May Lullaby) 79: Gavotte 80: Air 81: Minuet 82: Allegretto 83: Musette 84: [Fingering] Low F-B♭ (A♯) 85: Yuutan Lullaby (Yutan Lullaby) 86: Sunset Clouds 87: [Fingering] High B♭ (A♯) 88: As Long as I Live in the Blooming Days 89: Sarabanda 90: Gavotte 91: Largo 92: Chaconne 93: Minuet 94: Allegro 95: Allegro 96: [Fingering] G♯ (A♭) 97: Adagio 98: Rigaudon 99: Concerto for Two Recorders 100: Minuet 101: ■ Minuet Step and Bleu Step 102: [Fingering] C♯ (D♭) and Low G♯ (A♭) 103: Greensleeves 104: Minuet 105: Bleu 106: Siciliana 107: Minuet 108: Passacaglia 109: Minuet I.II. 110: Adagio 111: La Folia (La Folia) 112: Sonata on Imitation of Birdsong 113: Love's Nightingale 114: Overflowing with Tears 115: Angels Sing in the Fields 116: [Fingering] Low F♯ (G♭) 117: Weinachslied 118: Sarabande/Grand Susement 119: [Fingering] D♯ (E♭) 120: Adagio 121: Minuet 122: Larghetto 123: Giga 124: Larghetto Larghetto alla Siciliana (Larghetto alla Siciliana) 125: Sotuse 126: Musette 127: Allegro 128: [Fingering] High C♯ (D♭) 129: La Girandola (La Girandola) 130: Adagio 131: Le Papillon (Le Papillon) 132: [Fingering] High E♭ (D♯) E-F 133: Dolce 134: Canon 135: Prelude 136: Corrente 137: Rentman 138: Allemande