Is the recorder easy to learn?

Recorders are pretty well bombproof. They can easily be twisted to accomodate left-handers. It’s quite easy to play each note in tune and the tone , whilst not over-pleasing, is acceptable, unlike, say, the violin in the hands of a beginner.

They were a standard scale length of 76 cm, which made them smaller than Italian instruments, that ranged from 85–95 cm.

You can get more dynamics and colour from a wooden recorder. There is more resistance in wooden recorders, and often they are easier to play than plastic ones, especially on the lowest notes. Plastic recorders tend to “block up” very quickly with moisture.

The instrument name “recorder” derives from the Latin recordārī (to call to mind, remember, recollect), by way of Middle French recorder (before 1349; to remember, to learn by heart, repeat, relate, recite, play music) and its derivative MFr recordeur ( c. 1395; one who retells, a minstrel).

If you start a child on the recorder at the age of five, it can take as long as one and a half to two years to develop this co-ordination, during which time they can get very bored and frustrated. If you start them at age six and a half to seven this same process usually takes three to six months.

Granted, the piano does become tricky later on when you start to play rhythmically independent notes between different fingers and hands. … With guitar, playing tends to get easier over time as students often grasp chords and learn several songs faster than a piano student might.

Piano players can ‘play words’ as quickly as professional typists can type them, a new study by the Max Planck Institute of Informatics has shown. … The pianist could actually type emails faster at the piano than on a QWERTY keyboard.

Becoming a concert pianist requires true dedication, talent, and hard work. On average, it will require 15+ years, 3-5 hours a day of deliberate practice, studying under some of the best teachers in the industry.