The crumhorn and the closely related cornamuse are easy to move on to (they have the same fingering as recorders) and are not as loud as shawms.
Crumhorns and other early wind instruments
History
Description of main types (may want separate pages), eg shawms and other reeds vs
Windcaps - need breath pressure but not much air. Fingering close to recorder so easy transition. Range not large. When learning, good resources are dances scored for recorder, traditional folk.
Why crumhorn is 8ve lower than recorder of same designation - it's a useful thing to know because in some contexts it's possible to use alto crum in place of bass rec) Or perhaps have a separate page on the physics of music, to include use of harmonics eg tabor pipe?
Basics of tuning, importance of breath pressure, how to fiddle with reed - or is this getting in too deep?
Basics of playing, how to achieve clean break at end of note
Crumhorns and other early wind instruments
History
Description of main types (may want separate pages), eg shawms and other reeds vs
Windcaps - need breath pressure but not much air. Fingering close to recorder so easy transition. Range not large. When learning, good resources are dances scored for recorder, traditional folk.
Why crumhorn is 8ve lower than recorder of same designation - it's a useful thing to know because in some contexts it's possible to use alto crum in place of bass rec) Or perhaps have a separate page on the physics of music, to include use of harmonics eg tabor pipe?
Basics of tuning, importance of breath pressure, how to fiddle with reed - or is this getting in too deep?
Basics of playing, how to achieve clean break at end of note