About the Recorder
Just a few years ago, the recorder was used in the classes AMV (General Musical Education) at the music school, in order to be able to put the learned into practice in a simple way. From this arose the curious prejudice, that the recorder was nothing more than an exercise instrument; for the 'real work' you had to switch to something else. That is of course a misconception and fortunately the recorder is hardly used for this purpose anymore and can again take the rightful place among the full-fledged instruments.
The name
Only at the beginning of the 20th century, when the instrument was' rediscovered 'by the general public after years of oblivion, did the term' recorder 'come into use. Other names were used for this purpose: flat flute beak flute bekflute mean flute (old Dutch for: ordinary flute) handflute In other languages The Dutch name 'bekflute' is probably derived from French flûte à bec. In English, the term 'flute' is also used, but does not refer to the recorder. Here is meant the flute. If the English mean a recorder, they say “recorder.”.
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