@Nightmonkey17 oh yes. I did a little tweaking on mine, where I blunted the sound edge a bit (it was one of the plastic ones) with an exacto knife it gave it a much gentler, sweeter, more pleasant tone than before. It used to have a sharp, hard, shrill sound. It also made playing through the octaves easier. you should try it.
I'm a music teacher and I am attempting to teach my kids the recorder this year. What would be some excellent techniques or materials that I can use to assure that my students are on the way to this type of Recorder playing and it can be respected as a "real" instrument as opposed to some kind of toy?
you are lucky to have him as a teacher. one of my teacher in music is our countrys leading musician. it's a humbling experience to learn from a master.
@RonnieNeeley the old platis soprano recorders lol alto and tenor recorders sound so relaxing and a comfort to your ear bells but soprano no way it hurts my ears to high and .....u know
Now I play it several times more quickly than you. But I thought it is virtuoso and it looks such, but now it seems to me slowly! So I play it quicker.
I have to learn it such slowly... I smile from myself that I prayed too much and I thought I will never learn it and now I have to learn it slowly as you. But I published quick version... I have to work on this song, but think my variant is only interesting and prayed out probably.
wow that was amazing :) i tried playing this instrument and its pretty tough but luckily i've been playing the piano for a long time so it helps me learn quicker xD
If you take a moment to read wikipedia you'll learn that recorders are mass produced simply because they CAN be, probably because of their one pieceness. theres not that many instruments that don't have multiple parts. I play both recorder and flute for fun, I'm not that good. But i'd like to get better at recorder so I can justify buying a nicer one. (i have one of the cheep ones)
Bach wrote solo concertos for recorders showing off the virtuosity of the instrument and their players. He even included recorders is his music for the church mass, which was considered the most sacred and serious time all back then. So did Vivaldi. Mozart also wrote recorder concertos. So if these old masters of music took the recorder seriously why shouldn't we? I mean, virtually every single recorder part these guys wrote is now being performed on flutes. It's vexing.
To those who badmouth the recorder: The simplicity of an instrument does not take away from its credibility. I'm pretty sure everyone here considers the drums an instrument. The drum is the simplest instrument on the planet. Swing a stick at it, and it makes one sound. Simple right? And yet look what's been done with it. Because the player is free to focus on nothing but rhythm, the drums are the ultimate rhythm instruments. The recorder is simple, but just look at what people have done with it.
With all due respect, Monk, the typical drum itself isn't at all the simplest instrument on the planet. It's anatomy can be quite complicated. A shell body, skin heads, using various types of tension systems to hold it together. But the Tap is the simplest...thing one can do, truly. :)
You are right about credibility. One my favorite flutes is the Ney of Egypt, which is one of the most powerfully emotional flutes. And the style that i created...just as simple.
I couldn't agree more! The recorder is such a fantastic instrument and it is actually extremely difficult to play well. I think the drums have some credibility too, there's no way I could keep rhythm like that! I love the recorder, I play descant and treble. This video is amazing.
This is great! How I wish I'd be able to play like that...too bad my country doesn't have many recorder teachers to learn from T_T But seriously this is amazing..
What are your criteria for something being an instrument? Being invented in the past 300 years? Complexity of design? Whether or not children can play them? By most of your arguments, guitars and keyboards aren't instruments either- good luck making THAT dog hunt.
I've seen street performers who are virtuosos with 5-gallon buckets and a pair of drumsticks. Are those buckets instruments? ABSOLUTELY. (cont'd)
Someone uses them to make excellent music, and has taken time to master their potential, so yes, they ARE instruments. They might not be symphonically compatible, but neither is a Stratocaster.
If you're arguing that no one plays those items formally or professionally, head down to Broadway and try telling the cast of STOMP that they haven't been using instruments for the past 28 years.
An INSTRUMENT is a device used to make music. Whether it's a "mere toy," a "worthless gallon jug", or a "virtuosic instrument" really just comes down to the person holding it.
Don't flaunt your ignorance here on youtube. The recorder is indeed a real instrument, that is a entirely different type of flute than your basic concert flute. Just because a certain instrument isn't typically used in orchestra or other performances, doesn't make it any less of a real instrument. It takes time and practice to play it beautifully just like any other instrument.
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There is a reason it's played by every 3rd grader in the US. It's incredibly easy to play, it's very cheap, and it's tone is nearly the same from a beginner to an expert.
Guitar hero takes time and practice to play well, doesn't mean it's a true instrument. The recorder is a toy.
You are very simple minded...anyone can play a drum or a cymbal or a maraca, does that make them toys too? Go find a quarter on the ground and buy a clue with it simple Simon.
That's a funny thing to commend on a video like this. Yes, this would be very much harder to play with flute, but recorder has an unique sound, which suits pieces like this better. Recorder was widely used in classical music in middle age, so I really hope you are trolling big time.
You got to be kidding. Try to get as clean sound from a recorder as these guys and play this jig. Playing recorder has it's own difficulties, and even if it didn't it wouldn't be any less an instrument.
For an example J. S. Bach used recorder very much. Get your wannabe elitist ass to wikipedia and check out at least the third paragraph, if you aren't too busy keeping your ears and eyes shut.
Were the 3rd grade recorder lessons really that traumatic, that you have to deny it's existence? :)
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I can make a flute sound out of a 5 gallon jug. It's a lot harder. It's the air power you get from playing a real wind instrument.
Let's see. When was Bach around? The 18th century? Back when brass instruments didn't even have valves yet? Please, you're not making a very good argument for the credibility of this thing. When is the last time you saw a section of recorders in any professional music? Never? That's because they are a joke. They may be instruments, but bad none the less.
Well, for example in the video above. Come on, open your eyes. Everyone here considers recorder an instrument, all the greatest composers considered it an instrument, and Youtube is full of beautiful recorder music. What the fuck is it that makes you consider it to not be a proper instrument. It can be produced cheaply and it is easy to get a squeeky sound of it, but learning to play properly like in this video takes time. Just read the wiki article and fix your attitude. Recorder is not a toy.
FUCK YOU. i actually am grade 8 recorder and am sick of all these conservative views on it. it takes a lot of hard work to get to that standard and have seen a lot of professional recorder players. so sorry but you lose the argument. making a comment like that on a video like this is the dumbest thing ive ever seen. fucking retard.
first of all are you serious? if it was a toy it couldn't do what those guys in the video did. Second of all, you don't actually play songs in guitar hero but on the recorder you actually do ergo- instrument. Third of all drums of all shapes and sizes have been around long before the middle ages. Are they toys too? didn't think so
go look up some of the recorder orchestras here on Youtube see what they play and then dare to call it a toy.
Hey, there are some very nice-sounding plastic resin recorders out there. Truly, to learn that one of those could've been an Aulos would've shocked, yet impress me.
I play a record and i am 13 but i play it very well. i started playing it since i was 6 years old and then i got well. i wont play it for entertainment to others but for myself because i play it incorrectly since i was a child. i play mines with my right hand on top and i use down to my baby finger. my hands are extremely big so i can afford to do that.
The recorder is a beautiful instrument that, with the developement of mass production and sturdy polymers, has become frequently used child's instrument as an average plastic recorder is quite cheap to buy. HOWEVER, this does not in any way diminish it's validity as an instrument and many recorder players would find that statement offensive.
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So recorder's aren't really toys even though they are toys? What I'm wondering is, did the recorder first introduced as a toy or a musical instrument?
Recorders were very popular in the medieval times, but as time wore on they eventually lost popularity to other wood wind instruments. I played in elementary school, but they also use them in college with some music theory classes because they are easy to play and pre-tuned. Though I played for a long time I was never that good.
A musical instrument definately. It's only very recent that they have been seen as childs toys- because of the abilty to make them cheaply out of plastic
Recorders have been used since the renaissance times. After the Baroque period, the died out until in the early 1900's they were rediscovered. Soon after that, the ability to make them cheaply out of plastic set them as the standard for schools to use to teach children basic musical skills. It has always been an instrument.
they make shitty guitars for kids too. so i guess we have to consider them toys as well? lets not even mention how embarrassing that would make it for all these well payed professional athletes to be playing with balls, one of the first things kids play with. i mean if we are going to forever call anything a child uses as a toy... better yet, stfu
the recorder isn't a terrible instrument, it just gets a bad rap from schools using it to teach elementary students how to play. It sounds awful when not played well, but is a very complex instrument.
I have a (to mine opinion) expensice recorder. I feel the difference between my new one and my old much cheaper one. It's a bit difficulter to play, she has a prescription, but the sound! beautifull
Essentially there is no difference between a well-made plastic recorder and the (expensive) wooden ones except tone. In fact the plastic ones often sound much better than the ones made from soft wood. The difference is more the skill of the player than the instrument itself. My recorders are all hand-carved from ebony and other hard woods with curved windways (in the mouth piece). A good recorder of the size used in schools can cost $1000s. There are other sizes than those shown here too.
i'm pretty sure that these recorders are essentially the same as those that are taught in schools, but better in sound quality. that bass is probably at least a little harder to play due to its size, though.
Recorders are very difficult to play because of the three levels of harmonics possible. Unlike other woodwinds, instead of dynamic changes from harder breathing, the pitch changes.
Recorders are used in schools because they are inexpensive, not because they are easy to play. I believe the level of difficulty between student level and concert quality recorders does not differ much.
I have heard that high quality wooden recorders (especially the bass once) are easier to play in tune with tha plastic recorders, but I haven't had the pleasure to try one :)
Okay, I'll admit that some of the cheaper recorders are a bit more difficult to blow notes at the right pitch. Purchasing a costly, high quality instrument will not help a novice player sound better. All beginners should buy a plastic Yamaha recorder or similar, especially if it is their first instrument. Some might discover they like a different family of instruments better.
But hey, if you already have your heart set on a special instrument, buy it. I go for bargains - don't need the best.
in my opinion (and from my experience) wooden recorders have a much nicer sound. but i guess it's "safer" to buy a cheaper plastic recorder before investing too much money in a wooden instrument and then finding out that one will never use it
the "wooden" sound has a different character... and i think it's somehow...classier
"La terza lingua si batte nel palato appresso ai denti, la quale è TE-CHE TE-CHE e è di natura cruda e barbara e di disgusto agli ascoltanti...." Francesco Rognoni (selva de varii passaggi)Milano 1620
I have got the only DvD of the FRQ in Europe.. Bart sent it to me!!!! And an autogram.... He's very very nice...... And the others, too... Hope they will be in Fulda or in Germany.... anytime...
Recorder is a wonderful instrument, it´s fast, agile, precise, and the sound is like an electronic instrument so it´s very modern. The only thing you need is play well, many people hate it cause the school teaching but they don´t play it properly, that´s why.
I don't hate it man, I have played the recorder and I like the sound, the real deal is its limited range (2 octaves), so It made me feel limited, the recorder is great (think it has been underrated) this video is great and the recorder has nothing wrong, I was just pointing its limited range
Don´t worry, it´s not a scandal hating an instrument, though I trust you, I was just refering to some people but I understand that. I also play the recorder, I remember the school and all that noise, for that reason I see many people don´t like it but that´s not a crime to me (I don´t like that in youtube if you disagree about something they kill you. Silly). Regards.
wow, that's the prettiest ive ever heard a recorded; i thought it was an instrument of death, heck, not even in the same category as a real instrument till this.
I am puzzled why the piece has been chopped off in the middle and would love to see the WHOLE performance. Otherwise great piece played by the leading recorder quartet in the world!
Thank you very much for your comment. From next week on, it will be possible to view more FRQ pieces (without fadeouts) on youtube. We're working on it! In the meantime, don't hesitate to visit w w w. flanders-recorder-quartet. be. All the best, Tom
The whole performance of this piece is from now on available on youtube, as well as otther pieces performed by us. Just look for 'Flanders Recorder Quartet in concert'
Oh my god. One of the recorders are massive!!!
cookiegirl838 4 days ago
So you can actually make those recorders sound good?
Nightmonkey17 1 week ago
@Nightmonkey17 oh yes. I did a little tweaking on mine, where I blunted the sound edge a bit (it was one of the plastic ones) with an exacto knife it gave it a much gentler, sweeter, more pleasant tone than before. It used to have a sharp, hard, shrill sound. It also made playing through the octaves easier. you should try it.
folkflutist 5 days ago
1:23 what in the name of god is these
sh3ifan 2 months ago
@sh3ifan There all recorders but in different pitch. ones we used to play in elem are usually Soprano recorder.
ryosvet 1 month ago
I'm a music teacher and I am attempting to teach my kids the recorder this year. What would be some excellent techniques or materials that I can use to assure that my students are on the way to this type of Recorder playing and it can be respected as a "real" instrument as opposed to some kind of toy?
sinfonian3 3 months ago
i used to play tenor recorder but now i play saxophone instead
Candy123ny 3 months ago
Ahhh!!!Those 32nd notes!!!!!
DevinJMorrison 4 months ago
I don't think there are very many bad things you can say about this video
Klyons92 5 months ago
this sounds like a scene out of final fantasy
guitarguy159 5 months ago 3
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KyleJPie10 6 months ago 3
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EuCanal 7 months ago
Sounds very Medieval
KironVB 8 months ago 6
Hey guys, I've done some nice recorder videos you might enjoy. my username is atbartholomew3. Enjoy, and thanks!
atbartholomew3 9 months ago
what cuties in their bowties <3
spongerobYn 9 months ago
...or before it. meh heh heh heh.
reeding 10 months ago
so far im probably gonna be the only one to listen to gay bar by electric six right after this
reeding 10 months ago
These guys must have really loved 3rd grade!
dropatrain 11 months ago 19
@dropatrain LMAO LMAO
liamvg 10 months ago
I really want to be able to play like this!! where's my recorder I had from year 2...
AliPali94 1 year ago
FLanders hahahahahaha This videos hilarious!!!
illavitar 1 year ago
Oh, so beautiful and perfect.... congratulations!
Greetings from Brasil.
luxlunna 1 year ago
that's the coolest thing i've seen in all my life!
busessuck1 1 year ago
i played this music when i was a elementary school student. it was difficult but i loved this music.
cooljapan814 1 year ago
If anyone says: Recorders are kids toys. He is a dumbass! This quartett is the best argument to contradict.
ichmalealsobinich 1 year ago
They are playing a piece!
Playing is a word to tell some toys.
They are playing recorders.
So, recorder is a toy.
I have have three of that toys that are not really toys.
TheLfwjo 1 year ago
Without the recorder, (baroque flute) all concert flutes, clarinets, etc. would never have came to be. It is a beautiful instrument.
SoldatSolutrea 1 year ago
That is NO toy! O.O
AnimeFreak866 1 year ago 6
The guy on the far left is my recorder teacher.
Mapariensis 1 year ago
@Mapariensis
you are lucky to have him as a teacher. one of my teacher in music is our countrys leading musician. it's a humbling experience to learn from a master.
rikiochs 1 year ago
@rikiochs You are lucky to have God as a God, who made such a teacher for you.
howtoplanaparty 1 year ago
Amazing. It sounds so mellow. Although, it does look like the man one in from the right is playing a pepper-shaker. :)
carrtje01 1 year ago
now i can prove that recorder ain't a toy!
InbictaProductionzZ 1 year ago
Can recorder quartets play any vocal music as written. ie. SATB directly played by a Recorder Quartet.
casperabraham 1 year ago
amazing.Beautiful music and permormance
kolkolak 1 year ago
superb-respect from germany
mihaivitro 1 year ago
Love it! I love proper recorder music!
Monumentalsound 1 year ago
I have never seen or heard of a soprano recorder with the range this one has
godluvsmormons 1 year ago
All recorders have a range of 2 octaves, C to C/F to F, unless you squeek overtones out of it.
fr4vr 1 year ago
sounds like canadian forest elf music. i was waiting for a unicorn to prance across the stage. i was sorely disappointed.
stayHI5O 1 year ago 6
Great and real recorder playing
IFioriMusicali 1 year ago
Recorder is definetly a great instrument.
Excellent.
Cloves08417 1 year ago
I also love the expressions on their faces.
Cloves08417 1 year ago 3
I've been around music for a long time and I had no idea there were so many different types of recorders! :)
lakeeriebeachglass 2 years ago
great great great!!!!
very good
nagyfonok92 2 years ago
And I thought the recorder could never sound good..
RonnieNeeley 2 years ago 47
@RonnieNeeley the old platis soprano recorders lol alto and tenor recorders sound so relaxing and a comfort to your ear bells but soprano no way it hurts my ears to high and .....u know
kylexwiel 1 year ago
these guys kick ass
Donut117 2 years ago 4
that sounds so cool
klmc1960 2 years ago
How do they do this, this takes some skill
lolepopgirl 2 years ago
I sat on Calvaria of Lourdes imitation and thought I will never play it and so I play it more quickly than you as it seemed me very quickly before.
EvaBartosova 2 years ago
Now I play it several times more quickly than you. But I thought it is virtuoso and it looks such, but now it seems to me slowly! So I play it quicker.
EvaBartosova 2 years ago
I have to learn it such slowly... I smile from myself that I prayed too much and I thought I will never learn it and now I have to learn it slowly as you. But I published quick version... I have to work on this song, but think my variant is only interesting and prayed out probably.
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EvaBartosova 2 years ago
Beautiful!
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EvaBartosova 2 years ago
soprano is quite skilled
sinfronteras99 2 years ago
all of them are quite skilled, the soprano is just easier to listen
iizacsc 2 years ago
wish i could play recorder that well. it just makes a horrible noise when i play. =[
mtrickett1 2 years ago 3
same deal mate
mikeszx10r 2 years ago
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Amazing skills
pianodesu 2 years ago
Amazing skills
pianodesu 2 years ago
wow that was amazing :) i tried playing this instrument and its pretty tough but luckily i've been playing the piano for a long time so it helps me learn quicker xD
justinsomeguylol 2 years ago
the recorder is actually very simple if you set your mind to it =D there are many free, reputable guides to learning th recorder on the interent
TheOneSax 2 years ago
If you take a moment to read wikipedia you'll learn that recorders are mass produced simply because they CAN be, probably because of their one pieceness. theres not that many instruments that don't have multiple parts. I play both recorder and flute for fun, I'm not that good. But i'd like to get better at recorder so I can justify buying a nicer one. (i have one of the cheep ones)
Clearie552 2 years ago
Bach wrote solo concertos for recorders showing off the virtuosity of the instrument and their players. He even included recorders is his music for the church mass, which was considered the most sacred and serious time all back then. So did Vivaldi. Mozart also wrote recorder concertos. So if these old masters of music took the recorder seriously why shouldn't we? I mean, virtually every single recorder part these guys wrote is now being performed on flutes. It's vexing.
Drag0ncl0ud 2 years ago
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The Recorder isn't a real instrument. Just some plastic play-instrument for grade school children -_-
alveana14 2 years ago
learn to play better than the lead soprano in this video, and then you can tell us that.
Clearie552 2 years ago
To those who badmouth the recorder: The simplicity of an instrument does not take away from its credibility. I'm pretty sure everyone here considers the drums an instrument. The drum is the simplest instrument on the planet. Swing a stick at it, and it makes one sound. Simple right? And yet look what's been done with it. Because the player is free to focus on nothing but rhythm, the drums are the ultimate rhythm instruments. The recorder is simple, but just look at what people have done with it.
AmericanMonk247 2 years ago 5
With all due respect, Monk, the typical drum itself isn't at all the simplest instrument on the planet. It's anatomy can be quite complicated. A shell body, skin heads, using various types of tension systems to hold it together. But the Tap is the simplest...thing one can do, truly. :)
You are right about credibility. One my favorite flutes is the Ney of Egypt, which is one of the most powerfully emotional flutes. And the style that i created...just as simple.
Good day!
skooterkid 2 years ago
I couldn't agree more! The recorder is such a fantastic instrument and it is actually extremely difficult to play well. I think the drums have some credibility too, there's no way I could keep rhythm like that! I love the recorder, I play descant and treble. This video is amazing.
herobydefault1 2 years ago
the 101 comment
TheOrigamilover 2 years ago
call it a toy, call it an instrument; it doesn't matter. great music is great music. awesome job :)
shelbysmiiiles 2 years ago 37
This is great! How I wish I'd be able to play like that...too bad my country doesn't have many recorder teachers to learn from T_T But seriously this is amazing..
DewberryIce 2 years ago
What are your criteria for something being an instrument? Being invented in the past 300 years? Complexity of design? Whether or not children can play them? By most of your arguments, guitars and keyboards aren't instruments either- good luck making THAT dog hunt.
I've seen street performers who are virtuosos with 5-gallon buckets and a pair of drumsticks. Are those buckets instruments? ABSOLUTELY. (cont'd)
Cinemastique 2 years ago 3
(Cont'd)
Someone uses them to make excellent music, and has taken time to master their potential, so yes, they ARE instruments. They might not be symphonically compatible, but neither is a Stratocaster.
If you're arguing that no one plays those items formally or professionally, head down to Broadway and try telling the cast of STOMP that they haven't been using instruments for the past 28 years.
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An INSTRUMENT is a device used to make music. Whether it's a "mere toy," a "worthless gallon jug", or a "virtuosic instrument" really just comes down to the person holding it.
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Don't flaunt your ignorance here on youtube. The recorder is indeed a real instrument, that is a entirely different type of flute than your basic concert flute. Just because a certain instrument isn't typically used in orchestra or other performances, doesn't make it any less of a real instrument. It takes time and practice to play it beautifully just like any other instrument.
Shinoshi04 2 years ago 2
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There is a reason it's played by every 3rd grader in the US. It's incredibly easy to play, it's very cheap, and it's tone is nearly the same from a beginner to an expert.
Guitar hero takes time and practice to play well, doesn't mean it's a true instrument. The recorder is a toy.
Jrv2005 2 years ago
You are very simple minded...anyone can play a drum or a cymbal or a maraca, does that make them toys too? Go find a quarter on the ground and buy a clue with it simple Simon.
Dreadstor 2 years ago 8
That's a funny thing to commend on a video like this. Yes, this would be very much harder to play with flute, but recorder has an unique sound, which suits pieces like this better. Recorder was widely used in classical music in middle age, so I really hope you are trolling big time.
ithalis 2 years ago 3
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Are you serious? The middle ages? I think you're proving my point. There is a reason it's never seen in any professional modern ensembles.
Jrv2005 2 years ago
You got to be kidding. Try to get as clean sound from a recorder as these guys and play this jig. Playing recorder has it's own difficulties, and even if it didn't it wouldn't be any less an instrument.
For an example J. S. Bach used recorder very much. Get your wannabe elitist ass to wikipedia and check out at least the third paragraph, if you aren't too busy keeping your ears and eyes shut.
Were the 3rd grade recorder lessons really that traumatic, that you have to deny it's existence? :)
ithalis 2 years ago 3
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I can make a flute sound out of a 5 gallon jug. It's a lot harder. It's the air power you get from playing a real wind instrument.
Let's see. When was Bach around? The 18th century? Back when brass instruments didn't even have valves yet? Please, you're not making a very good argument for the credibility of this thing. When is the last time you saw a section of recorders in any professional music? Never? That's because they are a joke. They may be instruments, but bad none the less.
Jrv2005 2 years ago
Well, for example in the video above. Come on, open your eyes. Everyone here considers recorder an instrument, all the greatest composers considered it an instrument, and Youtube is full of beautiful recorder music. What the fuck is it that makes you consider it to not be a proper instrument. It can be produced cheaply and it is easy to get a squeeky sound of it, but learning to play properly like in this video takes time. Just read the wiki article and fix your attitude. Recorder is not a toy.
ithalis 2 years ago 4
FUCK YOU. i actually am grade 8 recorder and am sick of all these conservative views on it. it takes a lot of hard work to get to that standard and have seen a lot of professional recorder players. so sorry but you lose the argument. making a comment like that on a video like this is the dumbest thing ive ever seen. fucking retard.
OhSoRadicalll 2 years ago 2
Who are you fucking? :0
falstocat 2 years ago
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HAHAA that Jrv guy below.. and LOLL someone put a thumbs down on my comment hahaaa.
OhSoRadicalll 2 years ago
Yeahhhh!!! I play Grade 5+ stuff on my recorder and LOVE it!!! I play trumpet, and clarinet also but recorder is the BEST!!!! Nice one!!! x
jude1812 2 years ago 4
first of all are you serious? if it was a toy it couldn't do what those guys in the video did. Second of all, you don't actually play songs in guitar hero but on the recorder you actually do ergo- instrument. Third of all drums of all shapes and sizes have been around long before the middle ages. Are they toys too? didn't think so
go look up some of the recorder orchestras here on Youtube see what they play and then dare to call it a toy.
westin6814 2 years ago 5
i want ta c u play a recorder like that then say the recorder is fake....dang have some respect
devonte614 2 years ago
Hey, there are some very nice-sounding plastic resin recorders out there. Truly, to learn that one of those could've been an Aulos would've shocked, yet impress me.
cornyrob 2 years ago
They all sound very nice indeed! And a wonderful selection of music beatifully played.
cornyrob 2 years ago
Is one of those recorders an Aulos??
cornyrob 2 years ago
They are made by
- Bob Marvin (soprano)
- Hanz Schimmel (alto)
- Friedrich von Huene (tenor)
- Yamaha (Bass)
frquartet 2 years ago 2
No, the aulos is characterized by the two pipes and it's droning sound.
Masamuneblader 2 years ago
How do they play so fast without a squeak?!
Omaplata41 2 years ago
Skill.
Masamuneblader 2 years ago 2
recorder to hard to play.......... for me...
Omaplata41 2 years ago
I play a record and i am 13 but i play it very well. i started playing it since i was 6 years old and then i got well. i wont play it for entertainment to others but for myself because i play it incorrectly since i was a child. i play mines with my right hand on top and i use down to my baby finger. my hands are extremely big so i can afford to do that.
Racerinship 2 years ago
oh my gosh, you are my INSPIRATION!!!
i just started playing the recorder today. I can't get wait to get good to just lucky!!
jasonmorantfan 2 years ago 3
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They make a childs toy sound good!
MorfeuV 2 years ago
The recorder is a beautiful instrument that, with the developement of mass production and sturdy polymers, has become frequently used child's instrument as an average plastic recorder is quite cheap to buy. HOWEVER, this does not in any way diminish it's validity as an instrument and many recorder players would find that statement offensive.
veggieburgerfish 2 years ago 5
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So recorder's aren't really toys even though they are toys? What I'm wondering is, did the recorder first introduced as a toy or a musical instrument?
MorfeuV 2 years ago
Recorders were very popular in the medieval times, but as time wore on they eventually lost popularity to other wood wind instruments. I played in elementary school, but they also use them in college with some music theory classes because they are easy to play and pre-tuned. Though I played for a long time I was never that good.
peachkino 2 years ago
A musical instrument definately. It's only very recent that they have been seen as childs toys- because of the abilty to make them cheaply out of plastic
veggieburgerfish 2 years ago 2
Recorders have been used since the renaissance times. After the Baroque period, the died out until in the early 1900's they were rediscovered. Soon after that, the ability to make them cheaply out of plastic set them as the standard for schools to use to teach children basic musical skills. It has always been an instrument.
theluigiteam543 2 years ago 2
they make shitty guitars for kids too. so i guess we have to consider them toys as well? lets not even mention how embarrassing that would make it for all these well payed professional athletes to be playing with balls, one of the first things kids play with. i mean if we are going to forever call anything a child uses as a toy... better yet, stfu
stochastikos 2 years ago 4
I myself am one of those biased people, but I know skill when I see it.
JokerxQueen 3 years ago
I agree! I hate the reputation they have gained due to being used in schools. They are treated as a childrens instrument which is unfair.
I'm proud to own and play one!
davidpickstock 3 years ago 6
the recorder isn't a terrible instrument, it just gets a bad rap from schools using it to teach elementary students how to play. It sounds awful when not played well, but is a very complex instrument.
LeuerDuSoleil 3 years ago 5
the terrable instrument put to some good use. like when some one puts the mystery meat in a yummy caseral
Zachhay11 3 years ago
This is just wonderful! What a pity that it stops in the middle! Couldn't you upload a complete version?
gesinella 3 years ago 4
oh my gosh is all i can say! wow! brilliant.
jadesrainuk 3 years ago 2
Awesome!
amazingsinger101 3 years ago
Great playing, as always!
MusicaPacificaSF 3 years ago
wow... the recorder isn't so worthless anymore in my mind
juhob222 3 years ago 7
funny how his head moves
around wildly while he plays.
tkkva 3 years ago 4
The recorder,is serious business...
kindvideo2 3 years ago 5
Why stopped in the middle! T___T
that was awesome
stevtomato 3 years ago
oh my gosh that was amazing!
starsnuffers 3 years ago
that was AWESOME!!! :D
sio42 3 years ago
For those who wonder wich instrument we're playing for this piece: from left to right:
- Friedrich von Huene - Loeki tenor in c
- Hans Schimmel - Bressan alto in f
- Yamaha - Bass in f
- Bob Marvin - Handfluyt in c
pitch a"=415'
Normally we play this piece on renaissance recorders, but we were not able to take our entire collection to Taiwan...
Tom, FRQ
frquartet 3 years ago
awesome
am now considering trying to bully some kids at school into starting a quartet/quintet...
problem is badly played recorders can sound TERRIBLE
ilovemygoldfish 3 years ago 3
I have a (to mine opinion) expensice recorder. I feel the difference between my new one and my old much cheaper one. It's a bit difficulter to play, she has a prescription, but the sound! beautifull
i'm sorry for my englisch, I'm just a dutch girl
GotToLoveThem 3 years ago 3
Love it! Well done!!!from linda de villiers-South Africa, East London
tedv5 3 years ago
Beautiful!!!!
jodangaro 3 years ago
Essentially there is no difference between a well-made plastic recorder and the (expensive) wooden ones except tone. In fact the plastic ones often sound much better than the ones made from soft wood. The difference is more the skill of the player than the instrument itself. My recorders are all hand-carved from ebony and other hard woods with curved windways (in the mouth piece). A good recorder of the size used in schools can cost $1000s. There are other sizes than those shown here too.
astonspider 3 years ago
amazazing
Imonfire123 3 years ago
check my flute vid :p its much easier
missDrienn 3 years ago
all of these recorder are more difficult to play frm the crappy one tht they usually teach us at sch right?
scaninvage 3 years ago
i'm pretty sure that these recorders are essentially the same as those that are taught in schools, but better in sound quality. that bass is probably at least a little harder to play due to its size, though.
deckman92 3 years ago
Recorders are very difficult to play because of the three levels of harmonics possible. Unlike other woodwinds, instead of dynamic changes from harder breathing, the pitch changes.
Recorders are used in schools because they are inexpensive, not because they are easy to play. I believe the level of difficulty between student level and concert quality recorders does not differ much.
LastTaboo 3 years ago
I have heard that high quality wooden recorders (especially the bass once) are easier to play in tune with tha plastic recorders, but I haven't had the pleasure to try one :)
chobrocoli 3 years ago
Okay, I'll admit that some of the cheaper recorders are a bit more difficult to blow notes at the right pitch. Purchasing a costly, high quality instrument will not help a novice player sound better. All beginners should buy a plastic Yamaha recorder or similar, especially if it is their first instrument. Some might discover they like a different family of instruments better.
But hey, if you already have your heart set on a special instrument, buy it. I go for bargains - don't need the best.
LastTaboo 3 years ago
in my opinion (and from my experience) wooden recorders have a much nicer sound. but i guess it's "safer" to buy a cheaper plastic recorder before investing too much money in a wooden instrument and then finding out that one will never use it
the "wooden" sound has a different character... and i think it's somehow...classier
Luusita 3 years ago 3
yeah, wood has a better tone
than the plastic models.
tkkva 3 years ago 2
It depends on what your preference is. For example, right now my favorite recorder is the Yamaha-300 series which is plastic.
theluigiteam543 2 years ago
My first recorder was a Zamra soprano, and it worked fine for me. But I already play the saxophone.
theluigiteam543 2 years ago
wow! i never thought of a recorder as a real instrument till now, and the lowest one: what a long recorder
chansherly212 3 years ago
Amazingg!
Perfect!
FanaLuz 3 years ago
"La terza lingua si batte nel palato appresso ai denti, la quale è TE-CHE TE-CHE e è di natura cruda e barbara e di disgusto agli ascoltanti...." Francesco Rognoni (selva de varii passaggi)Milano 1620
giorgiopacchioni 3 years ago
recorder is one of the most difficult woodwind to master
mayavania 3 years ago 4
is it really? and why
inkster 3 years ago 2
I know that it takes insane amounts of breath control to master.
AgentAdrian 3 years ago
I have got the only DvD of the FRQ in Europe.. Bart sent it to me!!!! And an autogram.... He's very very nice...... And the others, too... Hope they will be in Fulda or in Germany.... anytime...
LilMaryLou 4 years ago
amazingly fast and skillful
winga91 4 years ago 2
Amazing!!!! How can you play so faST?
DaroKzm 4 years ago
the only bad thig with the recorder is that you need a lot of them
0428733 4 years ago
Recorder is a wonderful instrument, it´s fast, agile, precise, and the sound is like an electronic instrument so it´s very modern. The only thing you need is play well, many people hate it cause the school teaching but they don´t play it properly, that´s why.
negrooptico 3 years ago 6
I don't hate it man, I have played the recorder and I like the sound, the real deal is its limited range (2 octaves), so It made me feel limited, the recorder is great (think it has been underrated) this video is great and the recorder has nothing wrong, I was just pointing its limited range
0428733 3 years ago
Don´t worry, it´s not a scandal hating an instrument, though I trust you, I was just refering to some people but I understand that. I also play the recorder, I remember the school and all that noise, for that reason I see many people don´t like it but that´s not a crime to me (I don´t like that in youtube if you disagree about something they kill you. Silly). Regards.
negrooptico 3 years ago
people always underestimate me coz i play recorder. wish they watch this video and lick their won asses! LOVE ur performance!
vallanjulius 4 years ago
Nice performance...
JANSONCKS 4 years ago
o god, i came back to my comment. i meant recordeR not recordeD. whoops. :l
blackninja14 4 years ago
Wonderful
1arunners 4 years ago
What a difference playing perfectly in tune makes....these guys are virtuosi...
BillBC 4 years ago
Je ne vais pas être très originale sur ce commentaire...mais c'est MAGNIFIQUE. Merci
CAstuce 4 years ago
wow, that's the prettiest ive ever heard a recorded; i thought it was an instrument of death, heck, not even in the same category as a real instrument till this.
blackninja14 4 years ago 2
beatiful
they're great
daiu1ro 4 years ago
WOW! Totaly different fom MY quartet! Awesome!
Lenoba94 4 years ago
This is absolutely astounding. You have completely changed my conception of the instrument.
cucumberchampion 4 years ago 2
Wow, love them!
Joybelina 4 years ago
Fantastic loved it
roobooz 4 years ago
lovely, but we really need to hear the whole piece. I also wonder what soprano Joris is playing - is it a Morgan ganassi?
b21225 4 years ago
not a morgan but a Bob Marvin "Van Eyck"
fabulous instrument
flandersquartet 4 years ago
I am puzzled why the piece has been chopped off in the middle and would love to see the WHOLE performance. Otherwise great piece played by the leading recorder quartet in the world!
AccessGuy11 4 years ago
Thank you very much for your comment. From next week on, it will be possible to view more FRQ pieces (without fadeouts) on youtube. We're working on it! In the meantime, don't hesitate to visit w w w. flanders-recorder-quartet. be. All the best, Tom
frquartet 4 years ago
wat is the title of this piece?
blackninja14 4 years ago
Composer: Tarquinio Merula (1594/95-1665)
Piece: Conzona 'La Lusignuola'
frquartet 4 years ago
The whole performance of this piece is from now on available on youtube, as well as otther pieces performed by us. Just look for 'Flanders Recorder Quartet in concert'
frquartet 4 years ago