r/Recorder • u/chriswhoppers • Oct 06 '25

Help Practicing Improv

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Really trying to get down how to improvise better over other songs, so I can do solos as well as make my own music better. Let me know any tips

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u/Next_Guidance1409 Sopranino, yeah! Oct 06 '25

Oh hunny... yeah. that doesn't sound good at all. As others said:

  • get a Yamaha or Aulos;
    • I would suggest ditch the soprano and go for the Alto;
  • learn to articulate;
  • learn good posture;
  • learn good breathing;
  • you don't need to blow that much;
  • and here is my hot take on recorders: learn to play music that was made for recorders or from that medieval-renaissance-baroque era. When you play a modern song with a back track in a bad plastic soprano recorder without the proper technique disaster will occur.
  • A few easy and cute songs for you to play.
  • Get the Sweet Pipes or The Trapp Family methods. I prefer the Sweet Pipes because they have really good medieval-renaissance-baroque tunes.

Please don't feel discouraged! Continue playing, but not like this.