Recorder lessons and teachers

Graded recorder runs through ABRSM and Trinity Classical and uses the full family (descant, treble, tenor, bass), with treble becoming the default instrument from Grade 4+. Period-instrument tradition is strong; baroque repertoire dominates the syllabus at higher grades. Typical starting age is five to seven on descant via Whole Class Ensemble Tuition in many primaries, with treble entry around Grade 3-4. Tutoring helps most with transitioning from descant to treble (different fingering system, C versus F), with baroque articulation and period style from Grade 4+, and with the multi-recorder requirements at the higher grades. Grade 6+ recorder is a credible UCAS-tariff-bearing classical pathway with a serious specialist teacher pool, especially in early-music circles.