Written for two recorders, but suitable also to flutes and violins, Telemann´s Canonic Sonatas (Kanonische Sonaten) require something like a little User´s Guide. Actually, the sheet music seems to be a piece for unaccompanied recorder, but the single line is supposed to be played as two - in canon. At Telemann´s time, it was customary in the writing of canons to notate only the canon leader, with some rule whereby the follower would be generated from it: in this case, the composer indicates a second starting point (.2). At the beginning of each movement, you can find the numbers 1. and 2., identifying the two voices of the canon. The first recorder, that is the leader, must start playing from the beginning, the second recorder (the follower) has to wait (in most cases a whole measure) until the leader reaches the measure signed as .2; at this point, the second recorder has to start playing the piece from the beginning (rests included!). This will create a ´canon at the unison´, that is a canon where the follower performs precisely the same melody as the leader. The second recorder has to stop playing at the fermata, prolonging the tone; the first recorder must ignore the fermata, playing until the last note. A simple but witty game, producing beautiful music!