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=Playing microtonal music on recorders=
From a posting by afmmjr on the MMM forum ([[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/12048|this one]]):
It is really easy to play quartertones on a recorder. Honestly. One uses the right alternate fingerings. There is one pitch that requires one to lift a leg so as to point the tube towards full closure (lowering the instrument a quartertone, to F 1/4 flat).
Quartertone fingering chart for alto recorder by Tui St. George Tucker: [[http://tuistgeorgetucker.com/scores/alto%20recorder.pdf]]
A video by Robin Andrews showing the use of recorder to play an[[Arabic, Turkish, Persian| arabic maqam scale]] (Sikah): [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghttCq9Uuls]]
Jon Lyle Smith posted fingerings for some just intervals in the [[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/13201|following posting]] on MMM (assumed 1/1 = F):
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From a posting by afmmjr on the MMM forum (<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/12048" rel="nofollow">this one</a>):<br />
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It is really easy to play quartertones on a recorder. Honestly. One uses the right alternate fingerings. There is one pitch that requires one to lift a leg so as to point the tube towards full closure (lowering the instrument a quartertone, to F 1/4 flat).<br />
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Quartertone fingering chart for alto recorder by Tui St. George Tucker: <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://tuistgeorgetucker.com/scores/alto%20recorder.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://tuistgeorgetucker.com/scores/alto%20recorder.pdf</a><br />
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A video by Robin Andrews showing the use of recorder to play an<a class="wiki_link" href="/Arabic%2C%20Turkish%2C%20Persian"> arabic maqam scale</a> (Sikah): <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghttCq9Uuls" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghttCq9Uuls</a><br />
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Jon Lyle Smith posted fingerings for some just intervals in the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/13201" rel="nofollow">following posting</a> on MMM (assumed 1/1 = F):<br />
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