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Now, we associate it with primary school music lessons. We’re here to explain why... Long before the recorder was used as a teaching instrument, Renaissance and Baroque composers like Monteverdi, ...

For most people, the recorder is an instrument you might have played in school, before promptly leaving it behind, whether you moved on to another instrument or an entirely different hobby. But for ...

RASCOE: If you somehow managed to escape attending one of these concerts, the recorder is a woodwind music instrument. It's got a thumb hole and seven finger holes. And when it's played by a ...

You might have been taught to play the recorder in primary school as it is typically the first instrument British children learn to play but experts say it is losing its popularity. Some people ...