Last Updated on 2021-10-28 , 2:11 pm
If thereโs one question that we could ask God, I think some of us might ask this: Why do we learn how to use the recorder in secondary school?
Now granted that it allowed us to learn about music through an inexpensive and light instrument, but wonโt singing suffice?
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Iโm pretty sure asking someone from MOE would provide the answer, but this article isnโt about this: instead, itโs about that instrument weโre so used so: do you know that the biggest recorder isโฆ2.4m long?
Yeah, thatโs taller than all of us.
Hereโre eight facts about the recorder you probably wish youโd known earlier (so that you can impress your crush in school)!
Recorders make kids โhateโ music
Shocked? I am, too.
In a 2002 study, 1,209 students were surveyed, and due to the limitations of the instruments, they โstopped feeling motivated to play music.โ Of course this might not be a complete representation, but numbers donโt lie: so if you want your kid to pursue a career (or hobby) in music, let him or her try more instruments instead.
Recorder is making a comeback after this
Pretty sure youโve heard of this somewhere before.
Known as the โbad recorder memeโ, it is a bad recorder recording of Celine Dionโs โMy Heart will Go Onโ. The number of ่ตฐๅฃฐ makes it so viral, people are buying recorders and playing it to duplicate the results.
HmmโฆI think I used to play like that, too.
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Thereโs a recorder that is more than 2 metre
Here, take a look:
Known as the sub-contrabass recorder, it produces very low note, and is made of plywood instead of plastic.
Given its size, it obviously doesnโt come cheap: one of these can be up to $10,000!
Before 1960s, recorders were made with wood
By then, plastic has become mainstream, and when production of it didnโt compromise the sound quality, our recorder are now all white and plastic.
Heck, even if you see a brown one, itโs brown plastic instead.
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Itโs a flute but itโs called recorder for a reason
One reason that itโs called a โrecorderโ is that in the past, people used it as a flute to โrecordโ it. Soon, it became known as recorderโso yes, the โrecordโ is recorder literally means recording.
It โdiedโ for almost 100 years
The recorder was first found to exist in the 12th century, and was most popular between 1500 to 1700. However, since 1759, better instruments came along and the recorder declined in popularity.
It was only in 1919 that it was revived, and for one main reason: itโs a good instrument for amateurs to learn music.
Amateurs like us lah.
You can make a recorder with a carrot
I donโt know why youโll do that, but if youโre still a student and you forget to bring your recorder to school one day, this might come in handy.
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Yeah, it really does work.
William Shakespeare is a fan of the recorder
There are many more notable figures who like recorders, but most of us would be familiar with this guy: William Shakespeare.
He even has a recorder in one of his plays (Hamlet) on stage!
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