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Just an observation from a mathematician: I’ve never heard this comment from someone who was competent in high school maths. Whenever I mention that I’m a mathematician and someone responds how they “never got on” with maths, usually the next thing to leave their mouth is some gripe about financial literacy.
Did anyone here watch American Pie? I thought the benefit of this instrument is clear from that movie.
Isn't she using a "flûte traversière" in that movie (not sure of the English name, "sideways flute"?).
Possible, don't remember exactly. But the principle should be the same, right?
Yes yes, though I always imagined she had to take it apart because the parts you finger would definitely be a no-go.
That is a flute. This is a recorder. It's just not the same putting it up there.
Looking back I'm actually confused why this was even a thing. Did Big Recorder have deals with schools to push this? Is Big Recorder a thing?
We only ever used them for like 3 weeks and then it was on to the next thing. Haven't touched it since.
I wasn't given an instrument to learn to read music, also I was taught the Kodály method, which is quite bad for this purpose, also we were taught the doremi instead of the proper letter names of the notes for years, which is not absolute, thus I never learned how to read music that way. When I learned the guitar, I learned sheet music so well I can still read it, although not at a fast pace anymore.
Shit, that's even a Yamaha. They make a pretty decent entry level recorder.
Now that its 10 years since I last set foot in a school, I hold three opinions about the public school system (in Germany; check yourself what applies to your country):
Ya'll won't be laughing when people are paying me good money to get the snakes out of their cities.
So you've tried art, and discovered it's not for you. That's still better than not having tried art at all in first place. You at least know where you stand in regards to that question now. ...Or at least I hope so.
To be fair though if someone can't count up to four then financial literacy probably isn't in their future.
why the fuck are you talking about recorders, it's a flute....? (searched for it just right now and found out that's the name in English and it doesn't make sense at all, but OK)
Anyway, they're cheap, light, accessible, straightforward: no complex skill required to blow or get a correct tone. Flute got me into reading music. Terrible teachers unable to comprehend that a teenager needs something fun to play instead of boring music study books got me out of it.
Damned musicians!
How can ye exploit the workers if ye doon’t et yer meeeet!!
I mostly pretended to play and copied the finger movements of the kid next to me.
yeah recorders sucked.... hey is that the ICQ flower? ah good memories...
You got a Yamaha? We got the semitransparent plastic blue ones.