The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than 'Hot Cross Buns.'
The small plastic instrument has long been the go-to instrument in elementary schools. But it is capable of so much more than"Hot Cross Buns."Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to.found that the number of kids learning the recorder has declined over the years in schools in the United Kingdom. Teachers in the U.S.
Both educators say it's great for teaching kids how to read music. Unlike the guitar, which is written in its own language of chords, or the piano, which typically involves reading and playing multiple lines of musical annotation at once, the recorder only requires you to read and play one line at a time. That allows kids to quickly get the hang of songs.
The recorder also helped him navigate the early days of his autism."It was weirdly empowering," he says."I didn't have to work extra hard to do something. I didn't feel like an outsider."
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