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Evaluate your level

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.
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