recorder
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- noun
- /rɪˈkɔrdər/
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- She plays the recorder beautifully and often performs at local events.
- play the recorder
- musical recorder
- recorder fingerings
So recorder, everyone played the recorder, you know, Greensleeves, and then moved to clarinet and no oboe in the middle.
- So recorder, everyone played the recorder, you know, Greensleeves, and then moved to clarinet and no oboe in the middle.
Examples
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I play the recorder, I play the clarinet.
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The following activity engages students in playing the recorder or singing an excerpt of the song.
Academic text (2012) -
Look, I can play the recorder with my nose.
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I was the same when I had to play the recorder at the school concert.
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Here, students are required to learn to play the recorder, as are many elementary school students.
Academic text (2009) -
At nine years old, Bridget played the recorder, wanted to be a musician, loved books, and wrote poetry.
Academic text (1994) -
Composing is for all students, and the recorder offers a pathway for young musicians to enjoy the adventure.
Academic text (2014) -
At the elementary level, they include students singing, playing recorders and other instruments, and learning to read standard music notation.
Academic text (2007) -
Dennis's twenty students play recorder in rows of attached theatre-style seats.
Fiction book (1999) -
In music class, students often learn to play the recorder by practicing simple songs together.
Synonyms
A simple wind instrument like a recorder that you blow into
A tube wind instrument held vertically with finger holes that you blow into through a whistle mouthpiece
A medium-sized wind instrument like a flute that plays notes between the tenor and soprano used in groups
A small wind instrument like a recorder with a mouthpiece you blow into
Compounds
- Specialized
A device that uses magnetic tape or disk to save sound, pictures and data
- Specialized
A device that records two or more separate sound channels at the same time
A medium-sized wind instrument like a flute that plays notes between the tenor and soprano used in groups
How Low
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recorder for the simple woodwind instrument comes from the old verb recordari, which could mean 'repeat' or 'remember'. So the instrument was named a recorder because players would practise and repeat a tune, making it easy to remember.