Hello chiffandfipple community!! I have never heard of you guys so this will be my first induction into your wonderful group.
My apologies if I posted this on the wrong page, I am new here and this looked the most promising as it has the most active people.
i was directed here my a enthusiast on Reddit trying to help me with a problem.
For sake of length I will simply leave a link to my Reddit question if you would like to have it for context. https://www.reddit.com/r/Recorder/comments/1u1jh2b/why_wont_my_recorder_play_most_notes/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
This Reddit man has told me that it’s very likely my problem with being able to hit the higher notes cleanly on my instrument is because it it’s a recorder at all and thus recorder logic will not work on it.
Initially it was thought to be a toy made for tourists given it has evenly spaced holes which are all exactly the same size, but after realizing it’s actually tuned perfectly and plays a unique but clearly intentional note progression, he thought maybe someone here could identify what it is and tell me how to play it better. It sounds amazing in the lower notes but no matter what I do it sounds horrible or complexly cuts out in the upper notes.
Here is the approximate note progression going from lowest, to the highest properly working note.
D5 E5 F#5 G#5 Bb5
some of these may be slightly off as I used a phone tuner to identity them, but it said it’s perfectly tuned and you can hear it when it’s played. It sounds beautiful.
