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La main à plume vaut la main à charrue
Jean-Nicholas-Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891), French author

translation: The hand that writes is equal to the hand that ploughs

List of Topics

On Dolmetsch

  1. The Dolmetsch Story by Dr. Brian Blood
  2. La Traditon Dolmetsch by Dr. Brian Blood (translated by Catherine Rolfe with the assistance of Philippe Bolton)
  3. The Dolmetsch Legacy by Ross Winters
  4. The Dolmetsch Fortepiano housed at Groote Schuur in Cape Town, South Africa

On Early Music

  1. What Is Early Music by Todd M. McComb
  2. What is monophony, polyphony, homophony, monody etc.?
  3. When did modal music give way to the modern key system?
  4. The History of Musical Instrument Pitch
  5. The Crwth by Catheleijne Berck
  6. Woodwind Instrument Pitch through the Ages by Dr. Brian Blood
  7. Tempi in Baroque Music
  8. Ornamentation
  9. Authenticity - Why?
  10. The Story of a Trill - an online discussion about playing 'early music' - edited by Dr. Brian Blood
  11. Do Early Musical Interpretations Improve? - by Todd McComb
  12. Dolmetsch Writings on the Viol
  13. Ezra Pound and The Occult - includes reference to Ezra Pound influenced by Arnold Dolmetsch
  14. A Reflection on a Dolmetsch Concert by Arthur Symonds (1909)

On General Musical Topics

  1. A Brief History of Musical Pitch in Europe
  2. Flute Misnomers
  3. The Case Against Over-notation: A Defense and a Diatribe by Kyle Gann
  4. Is Music What We Are? by Dr. Brian Blood
  5. We Are What We Listen To - David Bellugi interviewed by Nick Horn
  6. Philosophy and Aesthetics - by Mary Devereaux
  7. How To Listen To Music
  8. Music and Place by Donald Skoog
  9. Encouraging Musical Creativity by Alan Belkin
  10. Musicians and Injuries - an excellent source of practical information and useful on-line links
  11. Music And Rhythm by Dr. Brian Blood
  12. So You Want To Become A Better Musician or How to Practice
  13. Where are the Mozarts of today? by Dr. Kenneth Lampl - and a response by Fernando Rivas
  14. On Scale and Temperament
  15. Understanding Temperament - by Pierre Lewis
  16. Unravelling The Music Stand - by John Everingham
  17. Six Ways to be a Bad Teacher by Donald Moog
  18. How To Become A Music Critic - by George Bernard Shaw
  19. Online Music Journals
  20. Online International Library Resources
  21. Copyright - When Is It Legal To Copy?
  22. The Physics of Musical Instruments
  23. Music and Mathematics - a fascinating resource
  24. The Importance of Music Theory by Kim Michele Lacoste

On The Recorder

  1. On Playing the Bass Recorder by Dr. Brian Blood
  2. Top Notes by John Everingham
  3. High Notes Can Be Easy - Descant/Soprano | Treble/Alto
  4. On Choosing A Recorder by John Everingham
  5. Symptoms And Solutions - Does Your Recorder Need Servicing? by Dr. Brian Blood
  6. Clive Catterall's Guide to Maintaining Threaded Tenons on Wind Instruments
  7. Creative compositions Rob Kingston looks at the role that different materials have played in making music through the ages
  8. Make Your Own Recorder Stand by John Fulton
  9. The History of The Recorder Quartet by Daniel Koschitzki
  10. Tuning Recorder Consorts by Dr. Brian Blood
  11. The Recorder as Transposing Instrument? by John Howell
  12. Humidity, Temperature, and Wood Moisture Content by Dr. Stephen Smulski
  13. Wood, Oil and Water by Raymond and Lee Dessy
  14. Oiling Your Recorder? by Joseph S. Wisniewski
  15. Recorder Thumbrests? edited by Dr. Brian Blood
  16. Kodály and the Recorder by Susan Taylor Howell
  17. Suzuki and the Recorder by Landa Melrose, General Secretary, British Suzuki Institute
  18. About Recorder Fingerings - Historical, English/Dolmetsch, German, Trill and Gold Series Fingering Charts
  19. Multiphonics by Ian Shanahan; extract from "Recorder Unlimited: A Preliminary Study of the Alto Recorder's Multiphonic Resources"
  20. Memento: The Medieval Recorder by Nicholas Lander
  21. A Pipe For Fortune's Finger:The Recorder in Literature and Art by Nicholas Lander


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