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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 111 points 7 months ago (5 children)

If you’re wondering, Why recorders? — there are three reasons:

  • They’re portable.
  • Recorders in decent enough quality can be cheaply produced, so even low-income children get to play one. Compare that with a guitar where 30$ gets you a piece of wood that detunes as soon as you lay eyes on it. Not great for practicing.
  • Recorders have an easily memorizable fingering scheme that allows you to quickly pick up the C Major scale. Compare this with a guitar where you need to remember for each string individually which frets have the notes of the scale.
[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You don't need to remember for each string individually which frets have the notes of the scale on a guitar. If you know where the base note is, there is exactly one pattern for minor and one for major.

Guitars are very hard to play for kids because the strings are so thin that they hurt after very few minutes.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 29 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Guitars are very hard to play for kids because the strings are so thin that they hurt after very few minutes.

That’s a better reason.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Also, longer fingers help with play and children don't have full sized hands yet.

That said, you could probably get away with ukeleles instead of recorders, if you were really insistent on string instruments.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago

Indeed. The scheme for guitar could literally not be easier.

[–] PartyAt15thAndSummit@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

fingering scheme

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[–] masta_chief@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

Wait until you hear about the g string

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

It was a gateway instrument into learning the clarinet then eventually the alto sax, then baritone sax for me, so I really appreciate it.

That being said, financial literacy is super important. Wasn't home-ec supposed to teach us that??

[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You make these good points, but all I'm hearing is that Big Recorder is paying out public schools to keep making children buy and play them. Hot Cross Buns? More like Huge Con Bunkos! Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

Answers in Progress did a video on that subject: https://youtu.be/zyZY1dq5BFc