I think it’s an American thing, maybe? I don’t think I ever played the recorder in school. My only experiences with the recorder was as a toy instrument that you’d get from souvenir shops. I didn’t know the recorder was supposedly a serious instrument until my early adulthood. Always thought it was a joke toy pretending to be a flute. It was way below the kazoo in my mind.
Am I the on,y one who never had to play a recorder?
I think it’s an American thing, maybe? I don’t think I ever played the recorder in school. My only experiences with the recorder was as a toy instrument that you’d get from souvenir shops. I didn’t know the recorder was supposedly a serious instrument until my early adulthood. Always thought it was a joke toy pretending to be a flute. It was way below the kazoo in my mind.
France, 1980’s, we played the recorder thoughtout middle school.