How loud is a tenor recorder?

Hello

The volume of a tenor recorder depends on

• The type of tenor block flute used
• The tone in which she plays
• The room acoustics

…and for the subjective feeling of the player also from where exactly the flute is the Labium.

In general, tenor block flutes are to be classified roughly as very quiet to medium, compared with other instruments, and medium-sized tenor block flutes are already rare because of the high air consumption. Most of the usual tenor recorders based on baroque models are quiet, for example they can be played together with a violin but tend to be somewhat quieter than this, or together with a guitar. They are usually noticeably quieter than modern transverse flutes but can still be used together with them in the set/duo, especially when the transverse flute voice is deep.

Tenor recorders would also be because they have a very reserved overtone spectrum at all and therefore not in use. It would have to be reinforced – which is of course possible.

Block flutes in general are the deeper the quieter and indeed also from the deepest note to the highest tones – that can not be avoided as a player but is the kind of instrument – the c’ is very much quieter than e.g. a c”’, d”’ or eb”’. Therefore, voices that are in particular in the smeared octave are much more quieter than higher.

Since the sound source is quite close to the ear, tenor block flutes usually act relatively “normally loud” for the player and are sufficient to hear. Below User WraithGhost has found a source where 80-105 dB was measured on the ear. At 10 m distance it should be estimated 20 dB less so 60 to 85 the skin should be. This is clearly quieter than the brass of the orchestra.