How a Recorder Is Made

[DarkChibiAngelX]

I want a wooden one, it so shiny XD

[rickmaskell]

Great video - but what a shame it was ruined by that crap music. The sound of a recorder would have been more appropriate.

[alealealerocks]

awsome but boring

[atbartholomew3]

Hi guys, i've done some recorder videos you might enjoy, one a Coltrane song. my username is atbartholomew3. Thanks!

[thegeekfanatic]

We did this as a final in wood shop Lol we got to engrave it and everything :) i got a A- though, Lol

[papagena08]

But I have plastic....

[sondreixixv]

16 notes = 2 octaves? One octave has 12 notes... (and I know a recorder plays half-notes)

[mdeonx16]

@sondreixixv he must be referring to 8 notes in a 1 octave scale

[darlalovly]

what are the notes that he was playing?

[Avion888]

@darlalovly Its in the key of B Minor, and i'm pretty sure its in 6-8 time. I'm sorry I couldn't give you more information I hope this helps.

[SeattleRecorders]

@darlalovly That's the start of the Allemande in the Bach Partita, BWV 1013. Since it's transposed up a minor 3rd for the alto recorder to c, the first measure is c7.

[darlalovly]

1:11 what are those notes?

[darlalovly]

1:11 what are the notes?

[darlalovly]

1:11 how do you play that? o_o

[darlalovly]

1:11 i want the notes please :(

[darlalovly]

1:11 i need notes please :(

[yoyogoust]

Wht make of recorder is that

[TheTealbunny]

im in elementary and they gave us a wooden, real fancy recorder

[darlalovly]

What was the song on the recorder that the man was playing?Because I do not know.

[emiri93]

i played the recorder for 6 years. and only know dat i know how was it made..lol

[bluestreak711]

and people who don't know any better still call them flutes today.

[goatphilososphy]

i heard it was kung fu

[MrReeders]

i have learnd alot

[smasoumi3]

Actually Recorder was invented by Kurds in middle east.

[CutieAngelGirl3]

my recorder is plastic or rubber!!!!! and wont you get splinter's in your mouth if it's wood!?!?!

[CelticMusicMty]

@CutieAngelGirl3

thats the sanding for. Unless it breaks there's no splinter in it.

[CutieAngelGirl3]

i LOVE the recorder! it is SO easy to use!!! it take's a really short time to learn how to play it too!!!!

[CutieAngelGirl3]

LOL!!!! i took recorder classes in 4th and fifth grade!!! it is SOOO easy to learn!!!!! it took me only 5 minuets to learn some note's and even a song!!!!!

[WORLDOFZOURNA]

Very good video.

[1mprovised]

I play airplanes and i gotta feeling by the black eyed peas on the recorder on my channel. check it out. comment, like, subscribe. thank jouuuuuuuuu

[lovemydoodle]

...cool! ;D

[kikook222]

Whoa...I thought they grew on trees........I have a question though, why do schools use Recorders as a standard?

[sixgunner455]

@kikook222 because they are easy to learn. Even the teachers who never learned before they have to teach it can usually learn it.. if you have any coordination and musical ear, you can probably play it.

[Alucardthedeadone]

I should learn to play it since I have one, but I need to find it.

[Fernansha10]

How do they make plastic recorder? Because I have a recorder but it's plastic. I really love recorders.

[ByTor190]

Who is this man that is not on my version of how its made?

[pete275]

"real musicians"? fuck you. elementary school kids are real musicians too

[TheSuperSuperSteven]

@pete275 fudge you man

[MewBuruberi]

@pete275 If you can play an instrument(and play music) you are a musician. That is like saying since I am in middle school and play the clarinet, though a bit airy, I am not a musician.

[cembalo2007]

The recorder builder in this video is Jean-Luc Boudreau.

[ron1martens]

I have toyed with the idea of making my own recorder. Wood turning is something I have not got around to doing yet. (I do fine woodwork). It is truly a work of art demonstrated by this fine craftsman. My recorders come from Germany (moeck mullenhour) it would be interesting if this artist would visit the places in Germany to see how they make the recorders there. A recorder player I think Jillian White was talking about having recorders made in Eastern Australia.

[aaronmnts19]

i 4got how to play my recorder lol

[ChristianRusten]

Real musicians play wooden recorder, does that mean you're not a real musician if your useing a plastic recorder :P

[Emanouche]

@ChristianRusten I use a plastic Yamaha, sounds about as good as a wooden one. I think wood sounds a bit better, but it takes more efforts to take care of it, also with wood the sound gets better if you use it regularly (Due to moisture) but if you stop using it for a while, then you have to start using it again for a while to remoisturing it. (Did I just make up that last word? :p)

[Ledunov]

My recorder is pear-wooden Hohner per $20

[CutieAngelGirl3]

@Ledunov is it better than a plastic or rubber one?

[CutieAngelGirl3]

@Ledunov is it better than a plastic one?

[pyrioni]

@CutieAngelGirl3 to me, the sound are the same whether it's plastic or wood, lol. becuz flute or recorder sound comes from air and cutting not material. wooden is just feels more expensive.

[Michelle2815CV]

Woah!!!! Anyway, my school provides us cheap 20 HK dollars recorders, sucks compare to this!!

[hockeylord15]

we get $6.00 recorders :(

[CutieAngelGirl3]

@hockeylord15 is it plastic or rubber because my recorder is plastic or maybe rubber!

[OhSoRadicalll]

Now i love my recorder even more (L) :)

[Creissels]

Fascinating but why the Jane Fonda exercise video music to accompany?

[nondenominational]

Wow. Great, informative video.

Except they should have had a recorder sound track for music background.

[straker1999]

an artist and a craftsman, what a splendid combination :o)

[circuitdemon]

Very cool video, I have all I need including a lathe. The only thing I'm missing now are the specs for drilling the finger holes.

That seems to be the big secret that no one wants to share. Manufacturing recorders for sale is beyond most people. I just want to make one or two of my own to pass down to my kids.

[gitily]

@circuitdemon

You could just measure the holes on a different recorder couldnt you?

[infiniteFinality]

woot, the partita in A minor for flute! I want the sheet music for recorder X3

[LeosFanGirl]

Cool. I wanna learn how 2 play a recorder.

[showandknowdotcom]

Thank you for posting, I learned a lot!! Very interesting.

[flautasdulces]

I am glad to hear you liked the video :-)

[rayquazapwn88]

watch my videos for recorder played by NOSE

[arjantjeee]

i have an good quality wooden recorder which i use to play celtic-pagan music and theyre realy fun!

[BackSpaceNation]

good :) i liked!

[mortson978]

"labium"....

lol

[stephenbowman18]

i got mine frum the dollar store!lol

[Killaduck07]

Lmao me too!

[KojiroBASARA]

God, i love How It's Made. Especially these older versions, before they changed the style and announcer.

[khmerviolinist]

that was a great video

[gblan]

Yowzers! I'll bet those instruments he makes cost a ton. Not a lot of craftsmen around like that anymore.

[gwynnypoo]

A good professional quality Alto will set you back about $1,200. A Bass about twice that. And a soprano about $1,000. You can get a very good quality soprano for about $300. if you're a true musician you can certainly tell the difference.

[anniecrisis]

good to see a much undervalued instrument under construction - though I could have done without the background muzak during the commentary. It made it sound like one of those boooring introductions to some dubious product on a shopping channel.

A good treble (alto) recorder will cost upwards of £300, which must be about $400 or so...but in the hands of an expert, makes a sound which is worlds away from the squeaky noise heard in primary schools.

[buriednexttoyou]

This was enlightening. I love watching people make things with their hands.

[acfiander]

Anyone know how I could get a licensed copy of this to show my school class? Can it be bought somewhere????

[osmosis1988]

I remember having a recorder when I was in elementary school, I miss those days!!!!

[zachy3621]

me too

[krunchbittersweet]

n mine is plastic..sigh..

[zeratul575]

the humbol flute it is beautiful

[hito1]

he could make them but not play them

[Inkvisitor]

Recorders are back from the medieval times and they frikkin rule!

[tolkiengenius]

The what period??!!! The ba-roke period???!!!! Eh?

[yoneah]

the baroque is more of an artistic school dated after the renneissance and before the clasical era.

thus, the recorder is a pre-calassical authentic instrument.

[telavasapela]

Baroque

[davemakesawave]

Me too. Mine is plastic. Mmmmm.

[nadianzm]

mine too... mmmm

[yugandali]

very interesting, very informative, but the background Muzak was horrible. Why couldn't they have put in some recorder music instead.

[fieldgen]

que acento tan feo! debe de ser un americano, no? que contrasto con el sonido tan dulce de las flautas!!!!

[nusua]

the recorder is like, what you should play before you play clarinet. It's almost exactly the same.

[YoYoSmileALot]

Really? It's very similar to the classical flute as well...

[sio42]

... or you could just screw the clarinet :D

[hOodb0ii]

lOl i love how its made one line drawings =D

[friendcalled5]

Those line drawings piss me off so much

[yugandali]

really? I thought they were clever. I wonder how they did those line drawings.

[glauciacmelo]

Toco flauta doce e não sabia como era sua fabricação. Agradeço a quem postou este vídeo, muito interessante!

[llama103]

A lot of work for an instrument that's rarely used. *shakes head*.

[GlenShannon]

Well, it certainly can't stand up to a modern orchestra like a modern woodwind can, but has been used there at least once -- in a piece by John Adams called "Flowering Tree". The San Francisco Symphony performed it and the two players were Judy Linsenberg and Letitia Berlin, world-class professional musicians and two of my teachers.

[rceretta]

Nah.. There's a lot of contemporary pieces written for recorder.

[Narriz]

@llama103 well I could imagine those who play the recorder use it quite often

[X00XJONASBROSX00X]

I Can Play Recorder 2!

[tromba8]

wow!

[AnimaxRules]

Wow theres a lot of work there!!!

[piepiepie27]

God, that dude in the end plays GOOD!

I prefer using a plastic recorder.

I've played recorder scince age 6.

Wooden recorders wear out easier and are pretty pricy, but they make more efficant sond.Any questions?

[angloman1]

I believe the recorder maker seeen here is Jean Luc boudreau from Canada.

Please correct me if wrong.....

[Fippletest]

This does indeed appear to be Jean Luc Boudreau, the man himself, a distinctive face and style if ever there was one.

[RafasaxBR]

Great, It´s ONLY !

[krazyreborn]

woooow i finaly know how it is made,even if u got a lousy recorder,it does not matter,it is how u play it(if got any spellnig errors sry)

[sio42]

that is very true :)

im still using the plasitc recorder i got in the 5th grade.... im in the eighth grade but i cant wait to get a bass recorder!

my friend though. when she was living in california, they gave her a verry VERRY crappy plastic recorder! at least mine works! but you couldnt even play anyhting on it!! it sounded horrible!!

[blockflote]

I've played the recorder for decades, now i know how its made. thanks for posting this.

[nogueradv]

hard work!!

[green1smile]

he's playing a telemann fantasy for solo recorder.this piece can be found in the twelve fantasies for recorder.g.f.telemann edition schott mainz or or try international music edition.

[rustydog1236]

I only hear him playing the J.S. Bach a minor flute (traverso) partita. The Allemande, first movement. Am I correct??

[andy1wong]

it's not telemann, it's bach's partita in A minor for flauto transverso, and transcripted for alto recorder in the key of C minor

The piecie is a great music for testing a new recorder from bottom to high brillant range.

but the pitch of the instrument shown is A=415

[OMGpigtails]

Amazing! I just got my first alto recorder, and I can't wait to learn how to play it like that guy there. :P

[tonyyyyguitar]

really interesting video - I have learned a lot

[janrecorder]

Thanks for posting this video. It's very nice!

[dgka11dayni99a]

how much do you think a GOOD recorder is??

[rrggusername]

well my recorder cost about 30 dollars, and it's plastic. Cheap ones can be 5 bucks :P But don't get one of them I've had two of em before both broke

I'd say for a goooooddd onee, like my grade 7 teacher had, probably more then 40 bucks, I think she paid 50 or more. I don't depends of the quality

[yoneah]

and no one is sure if it was really written for solo flauto, some say it was intended to be accompanied

[weewoo9225]

40 bucks(deers)

[sio42]

thats where the slang came from :)

[angloman1]

who is this recorder maker here?

[weewoo9225]

it doesent show

[almazfamily]

Can anyone tell me the name of the piece this guy is playing? I'd like to track down the score for it.

[flautasdulces]

Hello Almazfamily. The work is Johann Sebastian Bach's PARTITA FOR SOLO FLUTE in A minor/a Moll, BWV1013.

[almazfamily]

Thanks, I'd have never figured out the name on my own. I've just started playing, and I've been slowly discovering cool pieces that usually turn out to already be famous to everyone but me.

[sio42]

bach..... my hero

[carazhuaraz]

interezante

[RobRed2007]

I wish that I had the time to have a go at making one. I bought a book on how to, but have never got the time. Making it is as much as an art as playing it. Thanks for the show

[frostie680]

I love recorders :D