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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.
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
- リコーダーを吹く: 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: recorder performance
Usage
The homonym リコーダー can also mean "voice recorder" / "recording device" — context disambiguates.
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