Evaluate Your Level

Beginner

• No previous recorder experience

Novice

• Know the basic fingerings of at least one type of recorder (in C or F)
• Able to read simple rhythms and notes

Intermediate

• Comfortable over the whole range of the recorder, and able to:
• Sight read simple music without hesitation or prior practice
• Play at least two different sizes of recorder
• Carry a simple part alone without getting lost

Upper Intermediate

• Fairly fluent with SATB recorders, and able to:
• Sight read moderately difficult music (with runs, leaps, rhythmic complexities)
• Carry part alone without getting lost, even if some notes are missed
• Identify and use a variety of articulations and stylistic devices

Advanced

• Fluent with all or almost all sizes of recorder, and able to:
• Sight read all but the most virtuosic music
• Play most ensemble repertoire without getting lost
• Apply appropriate articulations and stylistic devices

This Guide was adapted from the San Francisco Early Music Society’s, and is gratefully used with their permission.