Soprano Recorder

Soprano Recorder

Carnegie Hall Soprano recorder; key of C; Baroque fingering; double holes; C-C#; D-D#; three-piece construction; with lanyard. The recorder features rich dark brown color with the Carnegie Hall logo and includes a co-branded lanyard. The instrument is idealisti for all music educators and hobbyists looking for a superior recorder. Proceeds of the recorder sales will support fund The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, which produces broad-reaching music education programs.

Vocalist Debi Smith started out as a soprano singing in church, but after college she became fascinated in jazz and started fabricating her alto range. She and Mary Chapin Carpenter begun performing around Washington, DC in regards to the same time, but when Smith’s sister Megan, who is five years younger, came home from college, they started touring together as The Smith Sisters.

Smith is a master of galore skills. She is a composer and recording artisan whose songs have captured six ASCAP popular music awards and been recorded by such artists as Tom Paxton and Al Petteway. With five solo albums to her credit, she has stashed away a great deal of Wammies (Washington Area Music Awards). Her latest double-disc CD, “The Soprano” and “The Soprano Christmas,” highlights the upper register of her three-octave range. In contrast, pop fans around the country know her as one quarter of The Four Bitchin’ Babes, solo artists who write and carry out their own witty songs and portion others in glorious harmony. She has been heard ofttimes as both soloist and ensemble fellow member on national radio and telecasts, among them Prairie Home Companion, All Things Considered, PBS specials, CMT’s New Country, CBS Sunday Morning and Good Morning America.

Touring with TFBB has occupied a huge chunk of Smith’s life since 1994. Next month they head for Florida and will be on the road until May, followed by the gigs at the shore for the duration of the summer.

Whether singing country, pop, folk, or jazz, Smith receives raves for her solo appearances accompanying herself on guitar. She is likewise a master of the bodhran, an Irish hand drum, which she played on the main theme song in Ken Burns’ “The National Parks” PBS documentary. She loves the bodhran and integrates it with most of the songs she writes.

Writing is cathartic for her and a way to honor her family. She has penned songs with regards to her son, who suffers from autism, and songs with regards to her parents, such as “My Mother’s Hands” and “My Father Was a Quiet Man.”

Nothing pleases her more than having an individual come up with tears in their eyes and tell her how much her music has uplifted them.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
A decent “you can’t hurt it” recorder
By Dr John Ficarro
I have a more pricey plastic Yamaha recorder at home, but this is the one we are using in an adult “advanced beginners” class. The sound is decent for a plastic recorder. This one is in the trunk of my car and is just taken out once a week for the class. It doesn’t clog very without apparent effort (something that seems more likely when you’ve been playing a good wooden one for awhile.) This is a good choice for a beginner recorder. And when I’ve heard it played by our instructor, the tone is in truth rather good. Instead of the $2 one piece recorders, splurge . Being an acoustic guitar player who has to always be concerned with regards to things like humidity, temperature and having to take outstanding care with an instrument, this is great. Nothing is going to harm it, doesn’t take up much space, and you may make music with it. Seriously, this sounds as good as numerous plastic ones I’ve heard that cost $15-$30 dollars. The 4 star rating is based on comparably priced plastic recorders, and not the more pricey wooden ones.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.
Yamaha recorder
By Laura Eckels
I purchased these recorders to instruct to my second graders. In the past when I taught third grade, these same recorders were used for them. They are good quality for the students.

4 of 4 persons found the following review helpful.
Good for the price
By Chris J. Albertson
This seems to have much better sound than the even for less plastic recoder it replaced. It is well made and has good sound for the price. (Key words here are “for the price”.) Don’t suppose it to compare to and “real” wooden instrunment. It does it’s intended occupation well – instructing kids the fundamentals of music but I gave 4 not 5 stars because it still hast that “plastic” sound quality but I doubt any inexpensive plastic recorer would be better

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