Van Eyck: Prins Robbert Masco (from "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof")

Van Eyck's "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof" remains probably the largest collection of music for a solo wind instrument ever published, with 143 pieces for recorder printed between 1644 and 1656. Among these there are only five duets, including this charming little piece which presents a masque called "Prince Robert" and a single variation. Of interest is that the two parts have different key signatures since the melody never plays a B-flat, only a B-natural before the C-sharp leading tone, but the harmony part does (but no B-naturals).

[@RikardPeterson]

Nice!
Though I suspect that you have a bit of the same problem I have when making recordings with myself. It's tricky to play with the as much expression and groove as when I play together with other people, as intonation and timing is fixed with the first recorded track instead of being a live thing constantly reacted to by all players. Do you have any tips in that regard?

[@ThomasDawkins88]

It is more difficult to be expressive in general, although it's been enlightening to discover just how far you can go within a bar of fixed length. Don't be too proud to go back and fix something that sounded fine on its own but doesn't quite sync up or reveals itself to be out of tune! I almost always start with the lowest part, but sometimes you get first-inversion chords and the third on the bottom just isn't where you thought it was.