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In the 1720s, as the transverse flute overtook the recorder in popularity, English adopted the convention already present in other European languages of qualifying the word flute, calling the recorder variously the "common flute", "common English-flute", or simply "English flute" while the transverse instrument was distinguished as the "German ...
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The recorder is a family of woodwind musical instruments in the group known as internal duct flutes: flutes with a whistle mouthpiece, also known as fipple flutes. A recorder can be distinguished from other duct flutes by the presence of a thumb-hole for the upper hand and seven finger-holes: three for the upper hand and four for the lower.
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P. Recorder players (2 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Recorders (musical instruments)" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Recorder (musical instrument) Alto recorder. Bass recorder. Contrabass recorder. D. Carl Dolmetsch. Garklein recorder. Great bass recorder.
Apr 27, 2017 · The recorder has been referred to by many names in various languages, including Blockflöte (German), flauto dolce (Italian), flûte à bec (French), and flauta de pico (Spanish). Though flutes and pipes as a general class are some of the oldest musical instruments, the earliest extant recorders date from the 14th century, as does ...
Recorder, in music, wind instrument of the fipple, or whistle, flute class, closely related to the flageolet. Most recorders made since their revival in 1919 by the English instrument maker Arnold Dolmetsch follow the early 18th-century Baroque design: the cylindrical head joint is partly plugged.
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Recorders. The recorder is a musical instrument that is a type of flute. It is shaped like a tube with one end bigger than the other end. A recorder player puts the bigger end in their mouth and blows into it. In Europe, people started to play the recorder in medieval times. The recorder was often used by musicians to sound like bird songs.
Sopranino recorder. The sopranino recorder is the second smallest recorder of the modern recorder family, and was the smallest before the 17th century. This modern instrument has F 5 as its lowest note, and its length is 20 cm. It is almost always made from soft European or tropical hardwoods, though sometimes it is also made of plastic.