I’ve played in an only recorder orquestra as a soprano soloist since I was 12 , for more tan 10 years and this song drove so me completely mad that I almost quit playing, until today is still the most difficult piece I have ever played. When people tell me recorder is easy I always play this and prove them wrong
Me too. Badinerie on my alto, in original (B-minor) pitch. Sometimes, when I was invited as a guest... And they know me just an electrical engineer and computer nerd... and someone tries to play a recorder like ... Like Mr.Bean ... "Gimme' that toy instrument... " ... badinerie played in tempo ... "woow" :-)))
i'm trying to learn this right now on the flute and i'm ripping my hair off, i think this is one of the pieces that everyone wants to play at least once and with good reason, top tier music composition
Thanks, Sarah Jeffery for publishing this, I mean it. As a mere amateur player, I have spent years practicing the wrong scores and your videos finally allowed me to make some progress. Covid-19 is a little easier to digest by playing the Badinerie! You really are democratizing the musical knowledge to the mortals.
The entire suite is already in B Minor, so if you wanted to perform this on recorder, and still stay true to the original you could use different recorders: 1. Overture - Tenor Recorder. 2. Rondeau - Tenor (But you can use an Alto if you want.) 3. Sarabande Tenor (Again you could use alto.) 4. Bourée - Tenor 5. Polonaise - Alto (Only use Tenor or Sorano if you are comfortable with the extended range) 6. Minuet - Tenor 7. Battinerie - Alto I'd alternate between instruments, just because I think that's a fun thing to do. (I'm by no means an expert, I only own a resin Yamaha Soprano and Alto, I still need to get a Tenor and Bass recorder).
just found my opa's old flute in the basement, you're channel is an absolutw godsend. Thank you for your hard work and for allowing me to reconnect with my roots.
Sarah, all I can ever think of to say here in the comments is: You are amazing!!! Your videos are so helpful and you are so articulate. Many, many thanks.
Thanks Sarah, so interesting and informative. As always, it's incredible how much you teach in a short video! I'd like to see you incorporate the 'pick-up-put-down' method into a concert performance, just for an extra flourish, LOL
I learned the Minuet that precedes the Badinerie. I need to improve my skills before diving into this one haha Thank you very much for your videos. You have inspired me to continue the practice of this marvelous instrument!
Very nice playing and a wonderful presentation. A few comments (I’m a traverso player who also plays recorder). It’s likely that the piece was originally composed in A minor with a violin as the soloist. There are signs of this on the autograph parts. Second, the passage in the Badinerie with the E-sharp-F-sharp alteration is awkward and hard to tune on the traverso, very unidiomatic. The rest of the piece isn’t difficult to play on traverso but that one passage is a killer, especially the tempo is really fast (it is a badinerie, after all, and doesn’t need to go as extremely fast as some people play it, especially on modern flute.
Hey, Sarah!! First, you are an inspiration for me as a musician. I am a violinist but all your videos I've seen have given me a lot. And as a violinist I'd like to opine about Framco's transcription. He used to wirte a lot of violin cadenzas (his famous are mostly for Mozart's violin concertos) and it is always something sort of virtuosistic, so for a violinist that kind of fits, but I do think his arrangement for this Bach's piece is exaggerated as a baroque piece, but is more of a violinistic virtuoso approach, almost turning that into a show off piece
Arranging this to recorder was in my mind since a lot oftime, I like to play it in F minor because that's the lowest key that it can be played on a soprano recorder and I find that version pretty easy.
I am completely enjoying your recorder videos! I played oboe decades ago and thought the recorer would be fun for homeschooling lessons. It has been so much more fun because your videos really have helped me moving along in remember what to do and to feel inspired to search out more I can do! (No the Badinerie yet!! lol) Thank you!!
You're right. It suits the soprano frecorder in A minor. But the alto recorder better suits D minor. Better fingering and intonation. Besides, in B minor on an alto recorder it sounds too low. In D minor, it will sound louder and brighter.
Hi. What a cool explanation. I used to play the recorder as a kid (in a very VERY amateur level) but I still keep my recorders (a soprano and an alto). Then I studied piano and composition (but..well...I'm not doing music right now...). Anyway, I really enjoyed your video and loved your accent (I'm not a native english speaker). Greetings from Caracas, Venezuela.
Really enjoyed this. Love this piece with Bach it’s so beautiful. I don’t play the flute or the recorder (play the guitar) but very much liked your approach. Thanks a lot.
I learned this a number of years ago, I think it was for an exam maybe... surprised I can't remember whether it was that or not, but my teacher was certainly keen on me doing it! Great advice here for getting it awesome. I should pick it up again because it really is a fabulous piece.
Thank you for the video. I like your new style.🔥 The bottom curls of your hair with its semi-wet looks, spacing of hairs at the forehead region, and also the eyes all make you gorgeous. Everything in the video is aesthetically awesome. 👌 Huge fan, With lots of love from Kerala, India.
Ohhh I love this suite so much!! I play Minuet movement in daily practice (actually the only movement I've learn) but Badinerie is like one of my desires 😍
Hi Sarah, at the moment, I am working a version of the Badinerie for three recorders (SAT) of Martin Nitz, published by Moeck ZfS 704. it is in fact an arragement of only a part of the Badinerie but really fun to play ... and not really easy. Continue your videos, even the old onces can be interesting .
There is a great recording of this piece by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble with their tuba player (John Fletcher,I think) playing the lead. A must hear
Although the instrument I play is the violin, I find this video very interesting (I have all the Vivaldi concerti for recorder in cd).Your video is full of information I didn't know .Thanks!
Cool Video! I am learning now the Menuet et Badinerie❤️❤️ I LOVE IT Thanks for the Video, becauss i must learn alot for the fast part😬😁 Greetings from Switzerlaaanddd❤️❤️
Great and useful. Thanks to this video, I am having good progress with BWV 1067 (using alto, H moll). Running a bit out of topic, but still talking about H-moll....what about a video on BWV 1030, with a special focus at the fugue (third movement)? I am studying it still with the alto, using the original key signature... It's driving me crazy, it's as wonderful as difficult. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Sarah! Thank you for this fantastic video. I would like to get this piece. It is beautiful! By the way, I am playing easier pieces to the recorder because I am a beginner. However I am playing the Tenor Recorder in the C clef, the Alto Recorder in the G clef playing the E lowest note (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) in the space of the thirth lower line, the Soprano Recorder in the brand new D clef and the Sopranino in the brand new A clef. Greetings from Tijuana!
Amazing explanation...I would like see you playing the whole piece in slow way...in order to watch perfectly each note...and your fingers in the recorder....It would be nice as well...greeting from Bogota¡¡
I used to play a lot of hymns on the piano and hated sharps. I would transpose the hymns to use flats. It took me years to realize I was transposing. I have no idea what key they were originally in or what key I was transposing them to, but it became automatic after a while. I would rather play 5 flats than 2 sharps (or whatever).
so are you reading the music as though playing an alto? I thought that you could just play the alto as though playing the soprano in a minor, then the high B becomes an E etc, but the entire piece is lower in pitch of course, except no difficult fingerings.
@@honeychurchgipsy6 with a d recorder you can read the original flute part in bass clef with alto fingerings (taking two sharps out) that will sound in the original flute key. so for instance if you have to perform with strings, no arrangement is needed.
what kind of music you should be playing well to try to take Badinerie? (i finished both sweet pipes books and monkemeyer book 1 - everything on soprano, is it enough or it's too hard for me yet?)
I've been waiting forever for this Sarah!!! I had to study Bach's Second French Suite for my GCSE Music back in the early 90s. I've always wanted to learn this on Recorder. Do you know what level this piece is in terms of Graded performance exams?
But with the alto, if you want B minor to come out, you have to transpose the notes in F sharp minor, do you transpose on the fly with the score in B minor?... Answer: finger positions are renamed - I'm reading a transcription in F sharp minor for the horns in F :-)
All very interesting and the girl is really smart. However, a question arises spontaneously: why play non-original music when a beautiful repertoire for recorders abounds?
Hi Sarah, can you recommend a book or notes to practice barok ornamentations? I have 2 months of summer holidays from my recorder lessons and thought it might be a good idea to practice those. I might not feel like a rabbit in the head lights of a car next time I should perform them.
I keep struggling with the highest notes. For some reason I can't get past the high G. (soprano) But I noticed your recorder has a white ring around your thumbhole? Is that how the recorder is made and sold? Or is that something you can purchase and install. :)
I'm confused. This isn't the first time I've heard you (and pennywhistle players) mention the problems with cross fingering. Is this because when you cross finger for accidentals it makes the overtones a bit weird and affects the sound, or is it purely an execution difficulty thing? I don't really understand why people avoid cross fingering on these instruments.
It’s mainly because cross fingerings are more awkward to play- multiple fingers moving in different directions is morw cumbersome and harder to coordinate than just one finger going up and down. They do produce a slightly different tone colour, but I think that’s part of the beauty of the instrument!
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Thanks RUclips recommendations... I dont even play recorder, but i will watch this now
4:55 best explanation ever LOL
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I’ve played in an only recorder orquestra as a soprano soloist since I was 12 , for more tan 10 years and this song drove so me completely mad that I almost quit playing, until today is still the most difficult piece I have ever played. When people tell me recorder is easy I always play this and prove them wrong
Me too. Badinerie on my alto, in original (B-minor) pitch. Sometimes, when I was invited as a guest... And they know me just an electrical engineer and computer nerd... and someone tries to play a recorder like ... Like Mr.Bean ... "Gimme' that toy instrument... " ... badinerie played in tempo ... "woow" :-)))
i'm trying to learn this right now on the flute and i'm ripping my hair off, i think this is one of the pieces that everyone wants to play at least once and with good reason, top tier music composition
@@thpeti VERY NICE party trick :D
@@vite1968 Thanks. Now the party trick is to be extended with the Wellerman sea shanty variations...
Thanks, Sarah Jeffery for publishing this, I mean it. As a mere amateur player, I have spent years practicing the wrong scores and your videos finally allowed me to make some progress. Covid-19 is a little easier to digest by playing the Badinerie! You really are democratizing the musical knowledge to the mortals.
The entire suite is already in B Minor, so if you wanted to perform this on recorder, and still stay true to the original you could use different recorders:
1. Overture - Tenor Recorder.
2. Rondeau - Tenor (But you can use an Alto if you want.)
3. Sarabande Tenor (Again you could use alto.)
4. Bourée - Tenor
5. Polonaise - Alto (Only use Tenor or Sorano if you are comfortable with the extended range)
6. Minuet - Tenor
7. Battinerie - Alto
I'd alternate between instruments, just because I think that's a fun thing to do.
(I'm by no means an expert, I only own a resin Yamaha Soprano and Alto, I still need to get a Tenor and Bass recorder).
cooool tip
@@PKLevel99 I think Salieri would also agree...
You could also use a voice flute for the badinerie, it would fit exactly
I'm German and you pretty much nailed the pronunciation of Badinerie, even the R! Loving your videos. Never subscribed to a channel so fast!
just found my opa's old flute in the basement, you're channel is an absolutw godsend. Thank you for your hard work and for allowing me to reconnect with my roots.
Sarah you are an amazing presenter / teacher / demonstrator, you make us understand those difficult musical maths in such an easier way 👍👍👍
Aww thanks!
Sarah, all I can ever think of to say here in the comments is: You are amazing!!! Your videos are so helpful and you are so articulate. Many, many thanks.
Thank you 🙏🏼
I think Bach's flute stuff must be like 99% of why people buy voice flutes. :-)
Thanks mr Bach
True
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that's correct in my case
Thanks Sarah, so interesting and informative. As always, it's incredible how much you teach in a short video! I'd like to see you incorporate the 'pick-up-put-down' method into a concert performance, just for an extra flourish, LOL
I learned the Minuet that precedes the Badinerie. I need to improve my skills before diving into this one haha
Thank you very much for your videos. You have inspired me to continue the practice of this marvelous instrument!
MY HEROINE!! Love your ability to teach and explain. Stan Guy, Dallas, TX USA
@Stan Guy hello to another Dallas recorder person. Join us at Dallas Recorder Society for some playing sometime. Love Sarah's vids.
I’am 40 years old, and I play the recorder... great channel thank you for the video’s !!!
Very nice playing and a wonderful presentation. A few comments (I’m a traverso player who also plays recorder). It’s likely that the piece was originally composed in A minor with a violin as the soloist. There are signs of this on the autograph parts. Second, the passage in the Badinerie with the E-sharp-F-sharp alteration is awkward and hard to tune on the traverso, very unidiomatic. The rest of the piece isn’t difficult to play on traverso but that one passage is a killer, especially the tempo is really fast (it is a badinerie, after all, and doesn’t need to go as extremely fast as some people play it, especially on modern flute.
Great pedagogy for ANY wind instrument. Well done!
Hey, Sarah!! First, you are an inspiration for me as a musician. I am a violinist but all your videos I've seen have given me a lot.
And as a violinist I'd like to opine about Framco's transcription. He used to wirte a lot of violin cadenzas (his famous are mostly for Mozart's violin concertos) and it is always something sort of virtuosistic, so for a violinist that kind of fits, but I do think his arrangement for this Bach's piece is exaggerated as a baroque piece, but is more of a violinistic virtuoso approach, almost turning that into a show off piece
Arranging this to recorder was in my mind since a lot oftime, I like to play it in F minor because that's the lowest key that it can be played on a soprano recorder and I find that version pretty easy.
Eres la mejor y mas profesional de la flauta... Besos😘
Thank you so much for posting this, I really want to learn this wonderful piece!
I am completely enjoying your recorder videos! I played oboe decades ago and thought the recorer would be fun for homeschooling lessons. It has been so much more fun because your videos really have helped me moving along in remember what to do and to feel inspired to search out more I can do! (No the Badinerie yet!! lol) Thank you!!
You're right. It suits the soprano frecorder in A minor. But the alto recorder better suits D minor. Better fingering and intonation. Besides, in B minor on an alto recorder it sounds too low. In D minor, it will sound louder and brighter.
Hi. What a cool explanation. I used to play the recorder as a kid (in a very VERY amateur level) but I still keep my recorders (a soprano and an alto). Then I studied piano and composition (but..well...I'm not doing music right now...). Anyway, I really enjoyed your video and loved your accent (I'm not a native english speaker). Greetings from Caracas, Venezuela.
Really enjoyed this. Love this piece with Bach it’s so beautiful. I don’t play the flute or the recorder (play the guitar) but very much liked your approach. Thanks a lot.
I learned this a number of years ago, I think it was for an exam maybe... surprised I can't remember whether it was that or not, but my teacher was certainly keen on me doing it! Great advice here for getting it awesome. I should pick it up again because it really is a fabulous piece.
Congratulations! One day I will be able to play this beautiful song!Thank you!
Thank you for the video.
I like your new style.🔥
The bottom curls of your hair with its semi-wet looks, spacing of hairs at the forehead region, and also the eyes all make you gorgeous. Everything in the video is aesthetically awesome. 👌
Huge fan,
With lots of love from Kerala, India.
I played this last year, it's very useful though
Thanks for the video
Ohhh I love this suite so much!! I play Minuet movement in daily practice (actually the only movement I've learn) but Badinerie is like one of my desires 😍
Badinerie played by the flute sounds like little birds that are talking and singing...
Beautifully done as ever.
Straordinaria e sempre chiarissima!
Complimenti! 👏👏👏
Hi Sarah, at the moment, I am working a version of the Badinerie for three recorders (SAT) of Martin Nitz, published by Moeck ZfS 704. it is in fact an arragement of only a part of the Badinerie but really fun to play ... and not really easy. Continue your videos, even the old onces can be interesting .
There is a great recording of this piece by the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble with their tuba player (John Fletcher,I think) playing the lead.
A must hear
This piece is probably too advanced for me right now, but the tips you give are useful even for easier pieces. Thank you!
Muchas gracias por tu clase la hiciste muy simpática y tocas muy bien FELICIDADES.
I would say just WOW. with my full respect from south Korea.
Thank you for sharing, you play so well, I'm going to try it out ❤❤❤
Take care and God bless!
Thanks, Sarah! You know, some of those tips are actually helping me on piano ;)
The sexiest piece of music ever written
The Famous Difficult Bit. I'm determined to conquer it. Thanks for the great tips.
Although the instrument I play is the violin, I find this video very interesting (I have all the Vivaldi concerti for recorder in cd).Your video is full of information I didn't know .Thanks!
Pretty nice video ! I love this music.
Cool Video! I am learning now the Menuet et Badinerie❤️❤️ I LOVE IT
Thanks for the Video, becauss i must learn alot for the fast part😬😁
Greetings from Switzerlaaanddd❤️❤️
Oh man those 64th notes or whatever the three flagged ones are my nemesis
sarah!!! I love u!! you so perfect teacher!!!!!!!!
Thanks, Sarah. This is very useful!!
Wwww, c'est vraiment tres cool.
Merci beaucoup pour ton partage 😘😘😘❤️
This is so great!! I've always wanted to play this piece, and I'm hoping this will be the inspiration I'll need to finally learn it!!
Never have I thought that TTTTTHING could ever sound good
The tip you gave in 3:11 is exactly the same that I do and used a lot for this piece
Great and useful. Thanks to this video, I am having good progress with BWV 1067 (using alto, H moll). Running a bit out of topic, but still talking about H-moll....what about a video on BWV 1030, with a special focus at the fugue (third movement)? I am studying it still with the alto, using the original key signature... It's driving me crazy, it's as wonderful as difficult. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Thank you, Sarah!
Saludos desde Tláhuac México; más videos como este, gracias.
On a recorder...😲 Bravo! Well done
If you play it on the alto it´s very beautiful and comfortable in c minor! (practising right now....) (having fun) :D
Can you please do a video about Polonaise from Orchestral Suite No. 2 by Bach?
Sarah! Thank you for this fantastic video. I would like to get this piece. It is beautiful! By the way, I am playing easier pieces to the recorder because I am a beginner. However I am playing the Tenor Recorder in the C clef, the Alto Recorder in the G clef playing the E lowest note (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) in the space of the thirth lower line, the Soprano Recorder in the brand new D clef and the Sopranino in the brand new A clef. Greetings from Tijuana!
why not play in d minor with the alto recorder?
Very nice lessens. Thank you.
Thanks for this video! Question: can you recommend a finger drills book to level up my technique? Kind of like Hanon for piano. Thank you
Amazing explanation...I would like see you playing the whole piece in slow way...in order to watch perfectly each note...and your fingers in the recorder....It would be nice as well...greeting from Bogota¡¡
Thank you a looot for alto part!
It is one of the ringtones on the Nokia 5125 (one of the nokia bricks)
Was present on 3310 as well, I guess it could be found on any Nokia phone (before Windows)
I used to play a lot of hymns on the piano and hated sharps. I would transpose the hymns to use flats. It took me years to realize I was transposing. I have no idea what key they were originally in or what key I was transposing them to, but it became automatic after a while. I would rather play 5 flats than 2 sharps (or whatever).
Very well explained & taught,-nice girl too!
with e minor fingerings and a sixth flute you can play it on the original key :)
so are you reading the music as though playing an alto? I thought that you could just play the alto as though playing the soprano in a minor, then the high B becomes an E etc, but the entire piece is lower in pitch of course, except no difficult fingerings.
@@honeychurchgipsy6 with a d recorder you can read the original flute part in bass clef with alto fingerings (taking two sharps out) that will sound in the original flute key. so for instance if you have to perform with strings, no arrangement is needed.
Forget the lesson I just enjoyed hearing you play it.
what kind of music you should be playing well to try to take Badinerie? (i finished both sweet pipes books and monkemeyer book 1 - everything on soprano, is it enough or it's too hard for me yet?)
Did not know you could do it. I miss my old silver flute.
You are amazing
I am from Santiago de Chile
9:36 those triple flagged notes (64th?) are they played articulated or legato? If articulated how???
Love it!
If you play on a voice flute in the original key, the fingering will be exactly the same as you play the soprano A minor version.
@@notforsharing : That's what I thought. Awesome!
I have believed all my life that this piece was made for recorder.
I've been waiting forever for this Sarah!!! I had to study Bach's Second French Suite for my GCSE Music back in the early 90s. I've always wanted to learn this on Recorder. Do you know what level this piece is in terms of Graded performance exams?
I would like to point out that the version in B minor (see link) presents two errors in the second sixteenth note at bar 18 and 37
What is “accidental and Cross fingering ?
Cool awesome video Sarah thanks for sharing! Can you please tell me what notes you play for the opening part thank you
You'll have to do a little 'corder lesson on Handel's *The Harmonious Blacksmith* . That would be fun! ;D
But with the alto, if you want B minor to come out, you have to transpose the notes in F sharp minor, do you transpose on the fly with the score in B minor?... Answer: finger positions are renamed - I'm reading a transcription in F sharp minor for the horns in F :-)
OMG you´re BEAUTIFUL and also you play beautiful.
All very interesting and the girl is really smart.
However, a question arises spontaneously: why play non-original music when a beautiful repertoire for recorders abounds?
I have a lot of input about this question, though I have to say I really dislike being referred to as ‘the girl’…
Very useful even for an old sax player.
Hi Sarah, can you recommend a book or notes to practice barok ornamentations? I have 2 months of summer holidays from my recorder lessons and thought it might be a good idea to practice those. I might not feel like a rabbit in the head lights of a car next time I should perform them.
Shouldn't C minor work a charm on the alto?
Aha you are right it does!
Amazing class thank you
Amazing!
I keep struggling with the highest notes.
For some reason I can't get past the high G. (soprano)
But I noticed your recorder has a white ring around your thumbhole? Is that how the recorder is made and sold? Or is that something you can purchase and install. :)
Be my teacher, please! 😘 I have no clue btw. 😅 Just felt like it when I saw your way to explain it.
The original key for flute also uses a lot of high C-sharps, not fun if you're on soprano and need to cover the bell!
I'm confused. This isn't the first time I've heard you (and pennywhistle players) mention the problems with cross fingering. Is this because when you cross finger for accidentals it makes the overtones a bit weird and affects the sound, or is it purely an execution difficulty thing?
I don't really understand why people avoid cross fingering on these instruments.
It’s mainly because cross fingerings are more awkward to play- multiple fingers moving in different directions is morw cumbersome and harder to coordinate than just one finger going up and down. They do produce a slightly different tone colour, but I think that’s part of the beauty of the instrument!
I'd Love to make a video learning this song with your video. May I use it?
Has a mint green soprano recorder
I play the viola and this is exactly how my teacher tells me to practice :)
I'm just learning Badinerie for the second day on my alto recorder, and my hand hurts :-)
But it such a beautiful piece, I have to.
your hair looks good!!!!!
Thanks! Embracing the curl!
Im a flutist and i cant play these piece well as you are:) its quite complicted to play, fingerings,
Does E sharp means F
Yep!
Thaaaaank youuuu so muchhhh , i hope you can teach us how to play Csardas too 💙🙏🌟
wow, how did you make the sounds so clear and short? this is amazing
its tonguing. you kinda tap hardly on your palate with the tip of your tongue