Recorder
(re-KOR-der)
[Eng.]
A wind instrument of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Baroque eras. The recorder is a simple instrument related to the flute; it is sounded by blowing into one end and the pitch is adjusted by covering finger holes. This instrument does not have a reed but is voiced simply by forcing air through a whistle mouthpiece as a duct flute. The Renaissance recorder differed from that of the Baroque in that the Renaissance recorder had a more cylindrical bore, while the Baroque recorder had a more conical bore. During the Baroque era, this instrument began to be overshadowed by the transverse flute.
Also [Eng.] recorder;
[Fr.] flûte à bec or
[Fr.] flûte douce;
[Ger.] Beckflöte or
[Ger.] Blockflöte or
[Ger.] Schnabelflöte;
[It.] flauto dolce or
[It.] flauto diritto or
[It.] flauto a becco;
[Sp.] flauta de pico or.
[Sp.] flauta recta or
[Sp.] flauta dulce;
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