![]() ![]() ![]() The recorder was popular from medieval times but declined in the eighteenth century in favour of orchestral woodwind instruments, such as the flute and possibly the clarinet, which have greater chromatic range and louder volume. The bore of the recorder is occasionally cylindrical but is usually tapered slightly, being widest at the mouthpiece end. It is distinguished from other members of the family by having holes for seven fingers (the lower one or two often doubled to facilitate the production of semitones) and one for the thumb of the uppermost hand. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple. The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes-whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina.
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