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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The recorder is among the rare group of instruments that all but require mastery in order to produce anything resembling music. Not unlike the armpit, bagpipes, and spoons.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's quite easy to produce music on the recorder. Young children often lack the breath control to not overblow and produce a horrible sound, but getting past that stage is seriously not that hard.

Beyond that, I would say that while instruments vary in their inherent difficulty, almost all instruments have music written for them that is designed to stretch the absolute masters of those instruments. The ceiling on musical skill is extremely high because of this.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Simmer down. Next, I'm criticizing the kazoo. Pace yourself.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89NXvvbU-XM&t=50

Sounds pretty amazing in the hands of someone who knows what he's doing.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

This. Pretty much any music instrument can be made to sound really good if you put in enough time and skill. The recorder, being a beginner's instrument, just hardly ever gets this amount of love while getting a ton of kids who can hardly hold a note.