RASCOE: If you somehow managed to escape attending one of these concerts, the recorder is a woodwind music instrument. It's got a thumb hole and seven finger holes. And when it's played by a gaggle of ...

As AusMusic month closes, it's a good opportunity to consider an instrument that has made quite a contribution to the musical life of Australia. The notorious recorder has been feared by parents and ...

Musical charities and schools across Europe are concerned fewer people are learning the recorder than in previous years. You might have been taught to play the recorder in primary school as it is ...

RECORDERS, yeah. What are they good for? Absolutely nothing. At least that's what ran through the minds of almost every nine or ten-year-old student – including myself back in the day – being forced ...

That allows kids to quickly get the hang of songs. Brady Gerber, a music journalist based in Los Angeles, learned the recorder in school in the early 2000s. He remembers his simple delight at how easy ...

LE ROY — Many an area elementary student got their first introduction to a musical instrument by playing a recorder. In its most basic form, the instrument is a tube with a mouthpiece at one end that ...

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The windy whistles and birdlike burbling of the recorder, once a mainstay of classroom music lessons, appear to be slowly ...