What key is tenor recorder in?
The tenor recorder, like the soprano recorder, is tuned in C, but is pitched an octave lower. Because of its larger size, many tenors have keys to make it easier to play the lowest C and C♯, and occasionally D and D♯.
Is tenor recorder hard to play?
You can get one or two more notes with standard fingerings, and after that it all becomes very illogical and hard to play anyway. The only bad ideal is not to play recorder. Tenor is a good insturment to play however you talk of wanting to play in the extended range which is not easly and harder on tenor.
What is the range of a tenor recorder?
This gives the tenor recorder a functional range of C4-C6. It is exactly one octave lower than the soprano and can be played with the exact same fingerings.