Crumhorn Music

For information about the Crumhorn, click here.

Sheet Music & Audio Accompaniment for Crumhorn (& Recorder)

• Simple Familiar Solos for Beginning Crumhorn (in C, F, G)

  • Scores with Practice Scales and Fingerings
  • Scores with Accidentals
  • Scores without Practice Scales or Fingerings

• Swiss Folk Songs adapted for Crumhorn (in C, F, G)

  • Swiss Kuhreihen and Folk Songs

• Music Written for Crumhorn

  • Crumhorn Period Ensemble Music

Reference

• Looks & Sounds of Crumhorn Music

Simple Familiar Solos for Beginning Crumhorn

All the pdf and mp3 files were generated from MuseScore 3.

The mp3 files have 5 seconds of silence at the beginning of the files to provide time to position the instrument after pressing the play button.

The scores are also playable on a recorder. But since the recorder has a wider range than a crumhorn, not all recorder music is playable on a crumhorn.

All scores are set in Treble clef for an easier approach for beginners with no previous experience with the variety of Alto, Tenor and Bass clefs. For comparison charts of the relationship between scores set in Treble clef and their traditionally notated forms, see below: "Looks & Sounds of Crumhorn Music."

Scores with Practice Scales and Fingerings

A Crumhorn Fingering Chart is available here (free pdf download)

The mp3 files have playback in MuseScore's "Crumhorn" instrument setting.

Scores with Accidentals (Playable on Crumhorns)

Fingering charts (like the one available here) show open/closed combinations for the chromatic scale, but not all the notes are easily tuned on all crumhorns.

With B-Flat

With F-Sharp

With C-Sharp & F-Sharp (or D-Flat) & G-Flat

From the 1826 collection: Sammlung von Schweizer-Kühreihen und Volksliedern.
Audio files are the full scores with the melody set to "Voice."
For the whole Kuhreihen series, click here.
For more Kuhreihen, see below.

Scores without Practice Scale

The mp3 files have playback in MuseScore's "Voice" instrument setting.

Swiss Kuhreihen and Folk Songs

From the 1826 collection: Sammlung von Schweizer-Kühreihen und Volksliedern.
Audio files are the full scores with the melody set to "Voice."
For the whole Kuhreihen series, click here.

Crumhorn Period Ensemble Music

Playback is offered at a slower tempo for practice and a medium tempo for proficiency.
The column "orig" is the scan from the print source.

Looks & Sounds of Crumhorn Music