{"id":374803,"date":"2019-07-14T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/?p=374803"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:16:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T11:16:59","slug":"flute-vs-recorder-the-ultimate-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomann.de\/blog\/en\/gear\/flute-vs-recorder-the-ultimate-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Flute vs. Recorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The flute<\/strong><\/a> and the recorder<\/a>,<\/strong> aren’t they the same? Don’t they produce exactly the same sound? Ummm, no and no! For some strange reason the flute and the recorder very often get confused, many people simply do not know the difference. We are here today to explain their differences. The recorder is that “beginner’s instrument” that many of us were introduced to in elementary school music class<\/strong>. The flute (also known as the transverse flute<\/strong>) is the one you can only start playing (sideways!) once you’ve reached a certain level on the recorder. Are these descriptions accurate? Not quite, let us explain…<\/p>\n

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I’m confused, throw me a bone!<\/h3>\n
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Headjoint for soprano recorder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What is certain is that both instruments are considerably old<\/strong> and have a long tradition<\/strong>. Way back in prehistoric times<\/strong> flute instruments were made of hollow bones<\/strong>, sometimes playable with only one hand, sometimes with both. In addition to the particularly frequently occurring pan flute<\/strong><\/a>, which is made of individual bamboo<\/strong> or bone tubes<\/strong> of different lengths, various recorder-like instruments were in use.<\/p>\n\n\t\t