"And this one is a pen" LOL

"I guess because it's so small, physics becomes different." This is exactly what quantum physics is.

It's brilliant for playing Morris dance music in a group because it cuts over the top of all the squeezeboxes and can actually be heard unlike a soprano recorder or tin whistle.

I play on the Aulos. They can get very bright. I played in an early music ensemble in college. They would let non majors join to learn the recorder, so we had times I would play a duet with them and they would only play soprano recorder, so if I had to play the top line above them I would use Sopranino or this. My favorite memory with the garklin recorder is during one of our ensemble class that lets students preform a song or two we were doing two songs and one was a garklin solo, so I kept it in my shirt pocket while I played my alto recorder. During my solo I went up to the front and moved my stand then pulled it out of my pocket and played. After the class let out people kept asking about the recorder and saying they thought I was going to sing before I pull the recorder out. The thing I do not like about it is I am to big to play it comfortably. I am 6 ft 7 in, so my hands can barely squeeze together to play the instrument my recommendation is trim you fingernails or get scratched while playing:

Honestly, I hated playing the recorder during elementary school music class (especially considering there were 25+ recorders playing in unison). However, coming across this channel, I can appreciate the instrument a whole lot more.

The garklein is the cutest thing - and looks challenging to play too! It's the Chihuahua of the recorder family (the subcontrabass being the Great Dane, LOL) Love your cherry top Sarah :)

We use garklein in our 13th Century pieces to add a 2 octave organum. They’re a very similar size to the little bone flutes found in archaeological digs. We use Kung Praetorius

There is a piece for solo Garklein, It's called Eisvogel but can't remember the composer, but you can find it on KZfaq

1. Kobliczek has gar klein (which I have in the older Hopf variant) 2. Thanks for mentioning me. I also have an arranged piece for 4 different C recorders :-) 3. A while back I was in a theatre production and I played the gar klein against a loud mass of instruments. One of my follow musicians remarked that "Whatever that instrument cost, it's worth it just for that high G" which was the final note of the piece.

I just recently got an Aulos garklein because I'm a huge sucker for novelty and was pleasently surprised by it's sound! It's sweeter and much less piercing than I thought it would be.

I played one of these years and years ago in a university Renaissance dance band one season and it never failed to scare out birds in the theatre ceiling. :) But I'm still a bit more at ease with sopranino.

I used to play it all the time for my ARS chapter on the soprano line. Nobody ever told me not to, but they somehow seemed happier when I stopped.

Finally, an instrument for guinea pigs to play!

I just got a Garklein (the Aulos one)! I have to admit it's mostly for two not actually musical reasons: For the satisfaction of completing my collection (or, having everything from basset upwards - the super low ones are just too expensive for me to afford) and for the absolute hilarity of whipping a recorder out of a random pocket in my clothes at any point 😂 It's such a tiny instrument, it's mere existence is so funny, and just holding it immediately improves my mood :D

That tiny recorder is like my piccolo, I love it and hate it a lot in equal measure

I like how she thought it would hurt my ears, but i play piccolo honey, so nothing could hurt my ears more 😂

I played this video without headphones and my cat ran to the window to look for birds.

Yes! My early music group loves to do a quartet or trio up the octave w garklein on top. We also have a fun tune we play called Skarazula which my my bandmate plays on the garklein, others accompany on mandolin, dumbek and tambourine while I lead the audience in some participatory clapping along! 🎶🎶🎶👏

Ah, the beautiful garklein! One of the instruments I do so cherish for wind parts in pieces of mine!

I have played together with an accordeon doubling simply the melody. Especially in dance pieces or more folk music like pieces it provides some fun effect. ( plus you are widely heard if outdoors) Feels a bit like a cheekily animal trying to be brave in the presence of a big bear... ;-))

The highest note on the garklein (A) is just a second higher than the highest note on the sopranino (G). If you wish to play the garklein because its sound, go for it, but in most cases you can just use the sopranino that plays up to the high G.

There's a solo piece for garklein I'm aware of: "Eisvogel" by Otfried Büsing."Eisvogel" is German for the kingfisher bird.

I own an Aulos Symphony 501S garklein and an inexpensive no-brand wooden garklein. The Aulos 501S "speaks" easily and plays in tune but is brighter/harsher/louder than my wooden garklen. Most of my recorder playing is at church where a flutist and I play along with hymns. When I want to play an octave above the soprano line, I usually play a sopranino rather than a garklein. If you own a sopranino, soprano, and alto and want to expand your collection, you could certainly get an Aulos 501S garklein, but you would get more use and value out of a Yamaha YRT-304B tenor. See Sarah's tenor video.

I like that little thing. I play it occasionally, with some van eyk. Or just to annoy others.... I would love it if a composer would write a duet for garklein and bassoon. In fact, i might one day have a go at that myself.... heard it here first!!! Make it happen and call it ‘willem’s Duet’

That was a wonderful introduction to the garklein recorder, with its history, the makers, and ideas for its use. Bravo, Sarah!

We have a piece where I have dropped the sopranino line an octave and play it on the Garklein. It is a bit sweeter than the sopranino.

I have a Hopf Prætorius I found in a secondhand shop. I carry it in my pocket when I go on hikes. I play Irish and other trad tunes on it.

I've recently started playing and am bing watching your videos! Thank you so much for TEAM RECORDER Sarah :)

Such a great player...

Ooooh, this is interesting! I am a recorder player in Norway. Lately I have been playing with my church choir, both together with the choir, but also at mass playing with the psalms with organ and congregation. Wonderful! Our church is a very old stone church with an incredible sound. I normally play the sopranino (and of course also the soprano and alto some times), it sounds amazing with the organ. Now I think I have to try to get me a garklein recorder as well. Can't wait to try it! My flutes are all Moeck Rottenburg btw. I love your channel!

In general, I find the garklein and the sopranino are great for outdoor performances. The reduced echo takes some of the shrillness away, and they can be heard, even over "loud" instruments or a bit of ambient noise.

Thanks for this great video! I play the Kynseker and have played it in some of the Orfeo pieces, adds great excitement to the folky dance tunes.

I really enjoyed this video! I play a garklein surprisingly often, mostly for English country dance music and morris dance music in a large-ish band. I've struggled with that highest A and never realized I should change my fingering for it. Thank you thank you thank you!

This was very useful for learning the different fingerings for the garklein! I just picked one up in San Antonio this weekend, and I can’t wait to share it with my students

Ok, this video made me ask for a garklein for Christmas ... And I'm a cellist/gamba player ! My housemates are gonna love it ...

Sara, I'm just so grateful you had finally uploaded a garklein video. As you see there's lots of team recorde's fans waiting for it. Would be very nice a video about repertoire for each recorder. I know you give some repertoire for each, but i mean a series of videos wich main proposit is the users to exchange for example their favorite barroque pieces for soprano. And the for alto etc. I thinking in getting a Küng as well as an Aulos Garklein A.S.A.P. mi wife and neighbors are gonna hate it, so that's a good motivation LOL

I played the Garklein part for The Lone Ar-Ranger by Steve Marshall and it was such a fun piece, definitely a crowd favorite and a perfect encore piece!

Thanks for this amazing vid again; I fell in love with the garklein 10 ys ago. I have an Aulos model that gave special colour to the Orfeo beginning (Toccata - the funny thing in fingering of the Garklein that if you open the holes starting from the lowest D it gives quite a perfect D major scale - unlike in the case of a soprano recorder where you have to use fork fingerin for Fsharp) and I used it for some folk dances too. But I had some terrible experiences too with it, e.g. we started a song in our church as a little instrumental foreplay (prelude) in combination with a violoncello. We wanted to perform a duet but it was hilarious a real catastropy. Violoncello and garklein are just simply too "far" from each other the whole church was rofl...

Love your videos! You mentioned some ensemble music with the garklein, but I was also hoping that you could tell us about some easy to intermediate ensemble music with the usual choice of soprano, alto, tenor and bass recorders. Thanks! :)

I think old video game music would be great for this and anything done on pendant ocarinas. They sound very similar so this would be good for Zelda NES songs.

6:06 A quartet up an Octave, I could do that for song covers like The (Highest pitched) Greatest Show arranged by Mark Brymer (transcribed for High pitched quartet).

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Thanks for having this video... got one of these for free when I ordered my other recorders and needed some insight on it😂

Hello Sarah! My garklein is made by Kobliczek in two pieces and I actually don't play it very often. Well, I prefer the lower instruments starting from the alto and I also have a soprano in b flat by Küng. My favourite model is Denner and I have to confess that my favourite wood is pear tree, because of its warm sound. Cheers xx

Absolutely amazing and adorably cute it's so small!!😊

Hi Sarah, I really enjoy watching your videos because they are very interesting.

You can get higher pitches by covering the bottom of the instrument with your pinky. I've taken my Aulos up to C or so with that method. There's a way to get higher notes by covering the window, but it's hard to get consistently. Use earplugs!

I just passed by a local music shop and saw a garklein flötlein in the window. I think I will purchase it asap. I searched for the flute and landed on your video. Very nice.

I would love to see a video of your hypothetical "high quartet" ("We Are High" band name???).

The garklein recorder & the C piccolo make a good duo.

I've played the garklein part in Steve Marshall's Lone Arranger on a sopranino up an octave. Your demonstration is the best I've ever heard anyone play a garklein and I still think they should be burned.

woooowww... super info... really wanna use it.. the voice is sooo sweet.... Thank you Sarah... It looks cute too.

It does sound like a bird! I could see it being useful for modern musicians. It would be fun to have and play with for someone who just likes to play music or record and compose their own stuff.

6:18 Possible, it will sound high but perhaps for a song cover like Stitches (SATB) Arranged by Brandy Kay Riha (transcribed for 2 ft quartet Sopranissimo, Sopranino, Soprano, Alto)

Thank you for making this video, Sarah! I have been eagerly anticipating it ever since your video on the tenor recorder. 😊 By the way, your cheek highlight is absolutely gorgeous! May I ask which product you’re wearing?

Otfried Büsing: Eisvogel. Look it up on KZfaq. This is a contemporary piece for Garklein and it surprised me alot. This sound is very very sweet

Just wondering whether you'd like to make a video about playing jazz on the recorder? I mean... classical music is really great but sometimes I just wanna have a little bit fun with the bossa nova beats on youtube :)

I was so expecting this!

I love that tiny recorder!!

I just saw the notification for this video and i got a little excited and dropped my phone😂

Love your videos!

I bet it would be a great companion in ensemble recorders for Waverly Consort.

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Sarah Jeffery / Team Recorder Playing a Quartet an octave higher Garklein, Sopranino, Soprano, & Alto that might be appropriate for Christmas Carols.

Thanks Sarah!!!

the pen in the form of a recorder is very cool :)

Wait a minute there's an instrument higher than that, the Piccolino Recorder in F6, it's 2 Octaves above the Alto Recorder. If we had an instrument even higher pitched than that, it would actually break back in pitch like a Pipe Organ mixture to solve the out-of-range problem.

you could probably play a lot of traditional Irish tin whistle music. I'd like to hear Cooly's Reel on it!

I just ordered one. 😊

Sarah Jeffery / Team Recorder Playing a Quartet up an Octave (Piccolo, Sopranino, Soprano, Alto), that might be ideal for something like Broadway music.

6:19 It will sound High but maybe for perhaps if you were doing all of your Recorder Quartet Music an Octave Higher in a new concert.

Sarah Jeffery / Team Recorder The Piccolo Recorder could be used to play a Quartet up an octave which will sound high but perhaps for Doubling a standard recorder quartet up an octave. However there's something smaller than that the Piccolino Recorder in F which sounds 2 octaves higher than the Alto Recorder.

I bought a Tiger Garklein a few years ago for £5. I played it once and put it in the cupboard, where it remains to this day.

I had an Aulos a while ago. It was called the Earsplitter.

It sounds surprisingly mellow and nice-not shrill at all. A very interesting instrument-thanks for the introduction to it!

Just a small observation: The Lone Ar-Ranger is actually by Philip R. Buttall; Steve Marshall arranged it for recorder orchestra. Wonderful piece!

I was given a tiny (1") necklace ocarina as a gift. It was billed as a soprano. It's lowest note is E6, highest is G7. I wear it in self defense. Feels like I should have to register it as a deadly weapon.

I bought an Aulos just to carry around in my pocket. The big flange at the bottom does nothing for the sound, and it dug into my leg when the instrument was in my pants pocket, so I cut the flange off. It is much easier to carry now. It is a hard instrument to get your fingers on properly. I wish Aulos had rotated the left hand holes a bit further left, and the right hand holes a bit further right.

I might try it on sicilian tarantella usually played on a friscalettu, small flute in "cana" with 7 holes front and 2 at the back. The most standard is the C friscalettu (which starts all holes closed at A, well, don't try to understand :-) ). And i have seen a friscalettu in E which is even shorter than the garklein !

Just got an aulos garklein excited to see what I can do with it

I bought an Aulos garklein to carry around in my pocket. The thing comes with a large decorative bell at the bottom that just makes an uncomfortable lump a pocket. I cut the bell down in diameter to where it is only a smidge larger than the barrel.

2:35 Suddenly, the Mad Hatter's tea party.

I played the Garklein in the piece Infectious Recorders by Daniel Hellbach. In this piece for a solo player, you play all the recorders from basset tot garklein. The garklein even together with the sopranino! I love this piece. On my channel you can find a video of me playing it.

I occasionally use the Garklein how you mentioned - to strengthen the melody at a crescendo. It has such a piercing tone that you can back way off on the volume and still get the effect. Here's an example where I did that for a Christmas tune (Oh, and I'm using the Aulos model): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbmZo8mFz8nXcaM.html

i noticed the ad about concealed carry, i really hope that is something that you approve of; i will continue to watch your vids

I want one! So cute! 😍😍

A lot of the Garklein music is transcribed music. Do you have a C# recorder? The F#, C#, F#, C# (Half step Up) ensemble plays everything up a half step.

It's adorable. I'll give it that.

I've managed to reach a high C Half thumb 1 2 6 bottom of recorder (with pinky)

Your German pronunciation is way too good! 😁

Can't you play the B7 and C8 as harmonics (3rd harmonic on E6 or F6)? Or is that too high?

I like to score for the garklein in ensemble arrangements because I generally consider chords to balance the best when each instrument is playing in approximately the same part of its range, and being able to write the same notes low or medium on a garklein on the one hand or medium or high on a sopranino on the other offers more flexibility. Do you find that it's necessary to play your Kung garklein loudly in order for it to not be flat?

Nice dog whistle.

Hi, Sarah. I wish you had labeled this video “for experts only”. My first recorder was a sopranino, and my friends begged me to take up a different hobby. I bought it because I could carry it around in my pocket. That was about 50 years ago. Now I cringe at beginners who only play soprano. With recorders, the higher the instrument, the more difficult to play in tune. So, fellow Team Recorder fans, if you’re contemplating a garklein (or sopranino or soprano) because it’s so conveniently small, please don’t. Start bigger!

The one big advantage of the garklein is that the sound carries well outdoors. Maybe fife music would be good for it?

Hey Sarah, I'm a recorder player on the side and I've been playing casually for a few years. I have a few pieces totally memorized, but I find that I pretty much just play the same songs nowadays and it's been a crutch for a long time. Where do you get new, fresh music to play? I've gone on websites like 8notes but most recorder music out there is made for 3rd graders.

Hi, Sarah, have you ever seen, or even better, played the Piccolino recorder formerly made by Frans von Twaalfhoven and pitched an octave higher than the sopranino (in f).

I had to play an old kung garklein in our early music ensemble (joys of having tiny hands). There is nothing worse than trying to match intonation with a garklein that has been lying around in questionable humidity control for god knows how long.

And I subscribed to your channel and I love your video

Hi. I’ve heard that there were a job in Europe which one grew birds from chicks and told them to sing tunes using a very small recorder. I guess that had to be birds like canaries which can learn to sing. Birds who sang beautiful tunes were traded with high price. I wonder if that recorder was used for that.