リコーダー

りこーだー
noun
recorder (musical instrument)
musiceducation
1. recorder (musical instrument)
A simple woodwind instrument with a whistle-style mouthpiece and finger holes. Standard equipment in Japanese elementary and junior high school music classes, where students learn pieces on the soprano (ソプラノ) or alto (アルト) recorder.
I learned the recorder in elementary school.
We're practicing the recorder in music class.
ソプラノリコーダー(あな)()さえる(ゆび)使(づか)(おぼ)える大変(たいへん)だ。
On the soprano recorder, learning the fingering for the holes is the hard part.

Loanword from English "recorder." In Japanese elementary school music curricula, the ソプラノリコーダー is introduced around the third grade; junior-high students often move on to the larger アルトリコーダー.

Common collocations

  • リコーダー(): to play the recorder
  • ソプラノリコーダー: soprano recorder
  • アルトリコーダー: alto recorder
  • リコーダー演奏(えんそう): recorder performance

Usage

The homonym リコーダー can also mean "voice recorder" / "recording device" — context disambiguates.

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