Why every 3rd grader is forced to play the recorder

Shouts to Great Big Story for the inspo

[@HenryBelcaster]

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[@skyduper594]

Ok

[@redeftnewt5790]

How does a pinned comment on a 4 million view video have 2 likes?!?

[@ForrestKelley]

​@@redeftnewt5790this comment was made in july of 2023 while the video was made in December of 2022

[@handlemyd-]

​@@redeftnewt5790bro this was just recently

[@criminal9389]

No 4th grade

[@YacheezReal]

always that one kid who purposely made the most vile, ear piercing, bone crushing, headache inducing sounds imaginable

[@kaimcguire5086]

That kid now listens to black metal

[@moji3812]

Damn yeah

[@nathancook7979]

​@Sentient Toaster 😂😂😂

[@lldeadkingpittkru6082]

Never had to play it when i was in school and im 25 but then again maybe California just dosent force kids to play a stupid instrument like that 😂😂😂 i mean when have you ever seen it in a band or orchestra? 😂

[@YacheezReal]

@@lldeadkingpittkru6082 they definitely do

[@silvxrjae]

“remember these?” *i wish i didnt.*

[@mythman2005]

Me too.

[@axt_4254]

I rember destroying peoples ears with them

[@GrimGriefer5]

When i was grade 3 i used them like 3 times and hated it, especially when your mouth goes in it and other peoples mouths do too

[@Deon2137]

same

[@amouryf]

@@axt_4254 I remember pretending to not be able to play the recorder destroys the whole schools ears

[@sweet.commentary]

You learn to play the recorder in 3rd grade only to stop being teached it in 4th grade.

[@toasty3492]

@Capybara♥️♥️ for me its 5th

[@apricotcharms4126]

I had to play it in 4th and 5th

[@Metaldetecting796]

@Capybara♥️♥️ I started in 4th and I was still doing it in 6th

[@aaaaaa-nr5mo]

Looks like they should have taught you proper grammar instead huh

[@ExistingSmiles]

i started in kindergarten and ended in 3rd grade to start flute in 4th grade

[@gonanroshadao2189]

My name is Richard and I'm sitting in the corner *Recorder noises*

[@KerryBarker-wh7gd]

Sitting in the corner playing my recorder

[@flight-rf8of]

*recorder sounds* My parents really wanted me to become a lawyer *recorder sounds*

[@_MrMoney]

"If a child knows how to sing it, they know how to play it. It's that easy!" Me: No it's not.

[@SapphireX413]

Honestly. To sing I don't have to memorize stupid finger placements. My vocal chords automatically know what to do

[@BigWheel.]

I still don't know how to play a recorder.

[@skye387]

I never could completely keep the holes closed off to make the tune

[@scssj]

Fr like any musician would kno that 😭

[@i30]

I remember being one of the only ones in my class to actually successfully play the required songs

[@shreyasgarg864]

Me: enjoys playing the recorder * This silly flute * ಠ⁠ ⁠ل͟⁠ ⁠ಠ

[@zerotick0994]

It's a bad instrument

[@etz80808yy]

That's sad

[@bemimu]

It's probably the worst instrument

[@kristinehansen.]

Never heard of anyone enjoying playing the recorder.

[@KayKorTeeVee]

@@bemimu naw prolly a kazoo

[@HLHS_Fishing]

“This silly flute” Ummm sir you just angered all of the recorder and flute players

[@xxpuglovexx]

I still remember my teacher screaming “B A G,B A G”

[@williamlevison9966]

G G G G A A A A A B A G

[@jesshadfield3566]

I now realize just how much patience my elementary music teacher had for the class clowns.

[@celieboo]

Hot cross buns!

[@johnjson]

I know one song to this day on the recorder and that is pirates of the caribbean

[@tiaan7183]

Your teacher was subliminally messaging you to get that bag💰🤑💸

[@josegadon203]

I remember my school along with a couple others took us to a concert of the Maryland orchestra and had us bring our recorders so we could play along. Needless to say they put an end to that real quick.

[@pacomatic9833]

Imagine everyone else at the orchestra. They must have hated it.

[@hayati6374]

When they say it’s just a prank: 😂

[@caseys8481]

😂 who tf thought that was a good idea 🤣

[@pappanalab]

Oh my god. At an orchestral performance?! Genuinely what were they thinking was gonna happen?!

[@emilmullerv3519]

Who the fuck listens to children play the recorder and goes "this would complement a professional orchestra really nicely"

[@rhybreadguy]

My 3rd grade class was basically forced to buy $15 recorders from the school. I never got one, I refused. So, I got in school suspension for one week, and then I got every other week in the detention room for the year because I was an easy target for the teachers, everyone just assumed I was the most dishonorable student ever. And then I cussed out the whole office staff and principle at the end of the year.

[@rooknado]

bro you sound fresh out the third grade bahahah

[@taranscarbrough8481]

@@rooknado why are you like this

[@kaiser916]

did the school clap after that?

[@aoki6332]

​@@kaiser916absolutly and then the school staff was fired and he got a medail be the president

[@doomed_marine3347]

Let me guess, everyone clapped after that, all the girls fell for you, and the president himself came to give you a medal

[@xavis_dad]

Well if that's the dude that wrote that banger then I'm honored to play that saliva filled thing 🤣

[@nickb3684]

Its not

[@crab6203]

@@nickb3684 my bad, o fortuna was written by carl wheezer from jimmy neutron, not carl orff

[@nickb3684]

@@crab6203 No, my bad. Its Orff. But who are you? It was never your "bad" to begin with. Quit claiming bads.

[@crab6203]

@@nickb3684 idk i think i was speaking from the perspective of someone else for the sake of establishing tone for my quirky little youtube comment

[@Steve-zg4qm]

@@crab6203 its okay you can have my bad

[@FH5binny]

This video made me realize how much these things helped me with later instruments like reading and such

[@FeloniousHellBoner420]

Reading is my favorite instrument

[@Instrumentology]

​@@FeloniousHellBoner420 Is mayonnaise an instrument?

[@FeloniousHellBoner420]

@@Instrumentology detinetly

[@garlicxi]

​@@FeloniousHellBoner420 did you just learn how to read?

[@thewooddove2]

​@@Instrumentology if you hit it hard enough

[@loisma2356]

I had to play the recorder during *kindergarten* and it sounded like a mosquito dying in a megaphone 😭

[@rosmadiabdullah74]

lmao 😭

[@sophiee177]

idk abt y’all but my school called them “flutophones”

[@rosmadiabdullah74]

@@sophiee177 sounds like a new phone name

[@theairisamagician830]

@@sophiee177 flutopjeone

[@Leg1503]

Mine would sound kind of ok for the first ten seconds and then it would just sound like nails on a chalkboard until I washed it

[@mirlanihernandez4387]

As a former 3rd grader we were NOT forced to play this, but as a 4th grader, we are learning the recorder and i love it

[@irishfatboy0874]

I’m Ireland, we do play these, but they were made from metal with the top being made from plastic, we called them tin whistles

[@Brandonwho277]

The animation tho 😭😭😭 “bangers like this” *aggressive/passionate swinging*

[@AirrEnthusiast]

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[@toaderstrudel3407]

@@AirrEnthusiastbruh what

[@AirrEnthusiast]

@@toaderstrudel3407 it’s the most sic the “guy” made

[@AirrEnthusiast]

@@toaderstrudel3407 can you hear it?

[@thewooddove2]

For anyone wondering, that piece is part of Carmina Burana, a composition by Carl Orff (the guy from the video) which is also called O Fortuna

[@Cadigan1]

It's really perfect as an entryway for music. We also had them for school in Sweden.

[@hexagonalprism]

It sparked my love for music. 10 years later I own 8 recorders, all different kinds, ranges, wooden and plastic. Honestly an underappreciated instrument

[@njokvt2667]

FR

[@jaybird3896]

The recorder made me like instruments and persuaded me to be a clarinetist. This is my 7th year playing clarinet 😌

[@strxwberrypuff]

@@jaybird3896 is your name Anna😧 it’s Sonia😟

[@charliepea]

My teacher never taught us how to play the recorder, but the whole class learned to by their own anyway. I was one of the them and I learned how to play all by my own, and the very first songs I played were old school Christmas songs.

[@ShiratoriIsOffline]

Silent night~ Holy night~😭💀

[@charliepea]

@@ShiratoriIsOffline that was the xmas song I mastered the most. I used to play that song everyday, even during summer lol

[@howey935]

The teacher at my school gave me a tenor recorder because I was the only one with hands big enough to cover all the holes.

[@mlem9784]

I love that you put that legendary my heart will go on recorder cover in the background, man what a classic

[@AVesselOfFlesh]

“Remember these” Of course I do its the first time I experienced true stress as a child lmfaooo

[@Nosleep97]

I remember they had us do concert with all the other schools

[@yazui.i.9368]

I am german, and the exact one you showed in the begin was also included in our music subject, where we had to play simple songs 😂. Did not know that it is also used in American schools. Side note, the flute cost us 10 Euros 7 years ago.

[@meterboy.]

As a fellow german, I never had to play these, though it would‘ve been kinda fun

[@bryancline8893]

As American, they were provided by the school, and we had to spray some stuff on them before we used them.

[@salamonthegreat]

One of the best virtuoso recorder players of all time Frans Brüggen was German. Here's an example kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6OwiZ5-p9qFl6c . Oh btw professional recorders like the one he was playing are about 1000-3000 euros.

[@magorzatamaniak3454]

In Poland we also play them in 5th and 6th grade

[@rko2946]

I remember this! We use to get karate “belts” that we would tie to the recorder every time we played an increasingly challenging song.

[@maxbaugh9372]

I recall being confused & disappointed that I couldn't *record* sounds with it

[@heefbar]

hOt cRoSed bUns! I do remember 😂

[@j-bob_oreo]

crossed

[@stellaragent3787]

@Heefbar Welp 🤬 now I'm getting flashbacks 😱😵‍💫😄

[@stellaragent3787]

​@@j-bob_oreo If you correct someone do it right... crossed* 👈👀 💪👀🤳 🤣🤣🤣

[@rmcminiking]

​​@@stellaragent3787he song isn't even called that, it's just called Hot Cross Buns... If you're gonna correct someone, do it right ;)

[@stellaragent3787]

@@rmcminiking wait what lol... smh you corrected me who got it wrong I corrected j Bob who got it wrong and j Bob corrected the original who got it wrong, and you also got it wrong but not in the way you think. I wasn't even correcting the word, I was correcting how you correct it. I don't know what its actually called I'm not a nerd 😉, so after all that you didn't correct me properly so all of us have gotten something wrong off something so simple... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hahano9586]

I've never even heard of a recorder that was a flute. The only recorder I know about is the kind you use to record college lectures when you're hungover

[@cariangamesplay9939]

Fr, what the hell is a recorder

[@cariangamesplay9939]

Is there any differences between that and a flute

[@iexist1349]

@@cariangamesplay9939 well recorders are usually made of plastic or wood and concert flutes are usually metal. Also on a flute, you blow over a hole instead of blowing into the hole like a recorder

[@cariangamesplay9939]

@@iexist1349 ohhhhhhhhh, thanks for explaining that

[@fuabtreter7302]

@@iexist1349 See, in german we simplify this by calling a recorder "Flöte" and a flute "Querflöte" (literally meaning sideways recorder).

[@qzzrxz]

“My name is Richard and I’m sitting in the corner”

[@LowBudgetYoutuber]

Genius idea. I only got a day or two of music and I had to play the Tuba. Couldn't read music and I had no idea what I was doing. Everyone playing Amazingly and I just sat in the back going Boop Boop Boop with the beat. Worked just fine.

[@mota._.h]

That's how it is for some people in my band class. They were thrown into instruments with no former knowledge of anything and it was up to the section leaders to teach them or for them to ask for help. Luckily i had played my instrument a year before and had prior basic knowledge on reading music.

[@DuckInGameStop]

"sat in the back going Boop Boop Boop" sounds like a legit tuba player to me lol, great job!

[@LowBudgetYoutuber]

I knew enough to not press any buttons cause that changes everything. It sure beats sitting there quiet and sad.

[@Shadow_Blox]

Fun fact: in africa, kids at 3rd grade don’t play a recorder just only when they feel like it

[@supahcomix]

Where in Africa?

[@Shadow_Blox]

@@supahcomix South africa

[@supahcomix]

@@Shadow_Blox neat

[@victorsvidss]

Fun fact children in Africa don't have food so they just eat the recorder

[@Shadow_Blox]

@@victorsvidsslmao Another fun fact: I live in africa and that’s true

[@GlowsticksEE]

I like how you included “almost” because it reminds me of why I never got to play it

[@wonderland1343]

We did Recorder karate at my school and basically you went up a belt for the better you got at it. My teacher had yelled at me one day and I was petty so I stayed at the lowest belt i possibly could out of pure spite. Learning recorder didn’t affect my grade at all so I stayed with the highest grade in that class too. I hated that class and I still hate it to this day.

[@ashton127]

Very based and redpilled

[@giosandwichplayz69420]

ofc everybody hates it lol 😂

[@wickedproductions3215]

I was a recorder karate fiend I got to golden belt

[@Parcha64]

We had a similar scheme for reading levels. I actually learned to read before starting school, but I was almost put in special education because I didn't like any of the high level books. Nothing about competing with my classmates or progressing through colored stickers was going to make me read a bin full of boring books about pioneers and box car kids.

[@junisworldyt]

My school never taught us the recorders in elementary and when I was in middle school,the other kids from different schools of the same district were so surprised that I didn't know what a recorder was

[@CT-5689]

Playing the recorder all those years ago started my lifelong passion for the clarinet

[@Dan-1031]

I remember every kid in the school had a black version, and the few who had the white one were considered to be on the levels of Mozart and Katy Perry

[@elijahyt762]

I can relate to that kid playing the tuba, as a tuba player myself I can say that the tuba destroys your lungs

[@Speariture]

This is actually nice for people who will become band members in the future...

[@theburger_king]

I remember back when I was doing this when we were supposed to be playing full songs and I didn’t know what the heck I was supposed to do so I just played random notes until it was over ig in the chaos of 20+ 3rd graders playing music off key she didn’t even notice me, and when I told my friend she thought I was capping 😂

[@honeysauce5244]

Same. Hated the music class so i never learned any of the songs or how to play the recorder so i just would lip sinc as that's not that hard and i would fake play

[@CreamieBunnies]

Parents: My kids can learn an instrument that we can afford now! Meanwhile the kids: *Screaming Squealing noises from the recorder from hell play*

[@artificial_oysters]

I remember faking playing the recorder in music class for the whole school year.

[@williampeng2525]

I was going to learn to play the recorder in 3rd grade but then moved to Texas where all we learned in school was how to sit in a tiny closet when there was an active shooter in the building and about a bullshit rebellion in the 1800’s

[@popcornpizza8869]

I know another kooky German guy.. except he went to an art school

[@alexs7097]

Yep....he was not accepted though...so the whole fucking world had to pay....

[@MyNameIsUni]

My name is Richard and I'm sitting in the corner...

[@treyrhyne9179]

I really thought it was just my school that did the Recorder

[@GyugiJr]

I never played it

[@error-zq8yo]

as an actually decent recorder player, i apologise for any trauma caused

[@njokvt2667]

i wish i could find a recorder ensemble again, in middle school we had a whole group with tenors, altos, a bass, and of course soprano recorders. i play soprano (boringly). cool to see someone else who plays more than just hot cross buns fr

[@robotnikgaming9976]

when I was in elementary, the recorder was delayed until 4th. We immediately stopped the second 5th began, and started the ukulele. The ukulele lasted about a month. I now play the trumpet.

[@StepUnclesStepCousin]

I’m literally addicted to how weird these characters speak. It’s like it tickles a special part of my brain, it’s just so audibly satisfying.

[@Slit518]

In 3rd grade none of us were forced to play it or any instruments. We had Music which was optional and offered a variety of instruments to learn.

[@UltraKaren]

Bruh one kid in my school got a music scholarship because of how well he played the recorder. They even decided to put it in the local newspapers and said that he played this goofy instrument for over 6 years 💀

[@mamafrau2181]

Voices AND Carmina Burana? You just made my day!! Gut Gemacht!

[@patelatiya6953]

HI I LOVE YOUR VIDEO

[@prestonjones1653]

I live in the US and have never even seen a recorder before today.

[@HumbleTrooper]

This guy caused so many bad days for children, including myself, it still get ptsd whenever I see a recorder

[@ka786]

Him: Orffs was writing bangers like this! *Proceeds to play Shingeki soundtracks

[@TheCyberLegend]

Exactly my thoughts!

[@skye387]

Isn't it O Fortuna?

[@thewooddove2]

It's Carmina Burana (O Fortuna) written by him

[@mania658]

Are you serious ?

[@nalinea18]

Yeah, when an anime or a movie or a video game starts playing something that sounds classical, 9/10 times they're using something classical instead of writing their own as writing for an entire orchestra takes a lot of time. A lot of classical music is out of copyright and well-recognized by even people who don't practise an instrument. E.g. Verdi's Dies Irae (or any form of Dies Irae) is super popular, Mozart's Lacrimosa too, or Beethoven's 5th or 9th or Moonlight Sonata, they're in movies and animes and games because they convey certain feelings and do it well. On a rare occasion anime, movies or games compose their own classical music (e.g. Lilium from Elfen Lied, One-Winged Angel or Dancing Mad from FFVII and FFVI, Lux Aeterna in Requiem for a Dream, games seem to do it most), but a lot of the time they can find some old work that is out of copyright that they can use. IMHO it's great as it helps those compositions stay alive, but it'd be nice if people knew the origins instead of calling it "soundtrack music". Google is your friend here 🙂

[@Resomius]

but never forget to what Recorders are truely capable. It is awesome

[@LuisRamirez-yt2zx]

Here in Mexico, at least in my school, we were forced to play the same two bars on repeat of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Ode to Joy". And the teacher we had never taught us how to read sheet music or how to play correctly. The school later changed to the melodica but kept the same teacher. Everybody hated the music lessons, and now that I watch musicians like Lucie Horsch play the recorder at the orchestra I feel like we were robbed.

[@microwave9031]

This is exactly how I learned piano... sorta. I started in 3rd grade with these really basic electric keyboards with colored dots denoting what key they were, but I wasn't really interested, because for one, it was dumb to me, for two, i didnt even know what Do was (we started at like Mi and Fa and So and stuff), and for three, I was either a very awesome child or I tore the room apart. Fast forward to 6th grade, and I see this music teacher with a piano and I'm interested and ask what the highest and lowest notes were, but he taught guitar, which I hated. 7th grade, music teacher teaches mandated piano, and I loved it. My dad also had a piano at home, so I started to self-teach myself piano, and by the time the class ended, I had very basic knowledge on how to read sheet music, but nothing else really, so I just taught myself how to play by ear and by watching MIDI videos (which I'm decent at now). This technique taught me an eiffel 65 song, which was a long-standing favorite song of mine, but I couldn't learn much else, and I refused to take tutoring lessons until a couple of years ago. 30 minutes, once a week, I would be taught how to read more and more complex sheet music until it came to the point where I read and played some highly played pieces of Beethoven (für elise, first and second moonlight sonatas). Now I can read it just fine, but I'm not at a point where I can glance at it and say, "Yup, that's how it sounds." I can only say, "Yup, that's the chord I'm playing in." I still play significantly by memory. I've taught myself Nocturne in E Flat and the Turkish March so far, and I'm wanting to learn Prelude in C Minor by Rachmaninov.

[@ChesterJesterEdits]

"My name is richard and im sitting in the corner"🔥🔥🔥

[@dimstimi8916]

i love how they were used in schools because of their cheapness but my poor ass school still couldn't afford to teach us the recorder unit 😭

[@Styfalled]

I never learned that in 3rd grade lol. Bought one my self and my dad taught me some songs

[@somebodywholovesmoths]

my classmates in primary 5 legit said recorder is harder than playing piano-

[@Mythical456]

I’m going into fourth grade, haven’t played a recorder yet.

[@letwat8377]

In my school in the UK, we were forced to use the recorder, and they kept all the spare ones In a disgusting tray full of week old water

[@ssergeantduck]

3rd grade recorder concert was one of the proudest moments of my life.

[@killingflowey]

The recorder is what made me start playing Clarinet. I’m be honest, best decision of my life lol

[@astridexplorer5096]

When I was in elementary school we played these but they were called 'flutophones'. It was pretty fun, actually.

[@L.J.C_icy]

At my school you have to learn the recorder in 5th grade, and you get like belts. White to black belt. And you put it on your recorder, and it’s like little strings, for different songs, and there are belts to make it more fun. :)

[@Antek-vl6rp]

"My name is Richard and im sitting in the corner"🗿🔥

[@anonymousMist]

Every child in primary school had to learn to play these. Lol. I'm sure I can still play a few songs on it too

[@HoldmyCups]

I never played a recorder. I went straight to my instrument

[@combie7482]

lucky we managed to only place “resonator bells” and glockenspiels

[@RiseGameOnYT]

They're so lucky they are actually taught something my music sir litteraly gave us drumsticks and told us l r r type beat to beat the floor while he taught the girls and sometimes other students during our class

[@XeonProductions]

We never learned anything other than hot cross buns though.

[@mineshpatel3709]

Oh my God! I'm from Malaysia....never been to US but it was also compulsory for us during high school to play it....old memories

[@Ashleighclark9608]

I didn’t learn it until 5th grade but we had to stop because of covid. I still have mine and i still remember the first thing we learned too. Almost 4 years later

[@DNS661]

*My name is Richard and im sitting in a corner* SOXJSKOSISKDJFJD Sitting in a corner playing my *recorder*

[@Your_average_mongolian_gym_bro]

And in some asians countries not only in 3r grade but continues to learn it in 4th grade

[@MissPinker101]

Everyday i used to cry because i wanted to master it so the music teacher doesn’t yell and me and give an F, so after the Recorder I started to hate music as a kid

[@franklinmimi]

I was in 4 th grade and our music teacher taught the class. I think there were 3 kids that year then went on to join the band . I joined in 5th grade learning to play the clarinet . It was made of metal , all in one piece. My parents rented it for $15.00 a month. Unfortunately , I had been practicing and briefly got up off the couch. When I went to sit down , I accidentally forgot it was there and I sat on it !!!😦and bent it out of shape !!! Fortunately , the person at the music shop was able to fix it . When I got in junior high school 7th grade, my parents then bought me the wooden clarinet. Being in band was really nice all the way until I graduated

[@vxledz]

Nah bro we are forced to play recorders, strings, ukulele at the same time breh

[@theinvisiblequeen]

I learned recorder, but I went on, bought wooden recorders and joined a Baroque recorder performing group.

[@kittyplays2324]

Ok, the recorder playing in the background makes me want to go back and watch that warrior cats video that has the song in it 😭

[@HighOnZa]

ah yes, Recorder soprano, i still have it to this day

[@coffee467]

Instead of recorders in 3rd grade they forced me to play violin in 5th grade

[@KindanThe1st]

Play now learn later is, in my opinion, the best way to learn any instrument!

[@exertations]

At my old school in Minnesota we played violin in first and second grade. Then no more music.

[@Void_monster]

In third grade we had kazoos. Feel bad for the recorder people because somehow people started banking off of seeking kazoos for money and a different color

[@ZAND4TSU]

Bruh,i didn't need that bulshi to learn play music, it all began with the violin with me

[@Men-3]

We popping out of the corner with this one 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@_im_THAT_band_kid_]

you started recorder in 3rd grade, I started in 4th grade. we are not the same. *fade to grayscale sigma music*

[@Ittybittyguy]

I am being so honest with you guys I have never even touched a woodwind in my life

[@thor.halsli]

In Norway in the 90s they made all learn the guitar. Don't know if we still do

[@edouardfelicite69]

the only reason school wants us to play recorder is just because it’s cheap and easily available for most people

[@danielgreen1475]

Omg, not from the US, but I'm from The Bahamas and we had to learn to play this in third grade too. I remember getting really good at it and then we weren't required to play it anymore.

[@JUPITER_heh]

Who remembers hot cross buns buns?😭😭😭😭

[@ellensstory4429]

I loved mine. We called it a Tonette. We got them in 4th grade.

[@christopherkeillor9728]

Instead of my school teaching me how to read and I still can't, they wanted me to play one of those stupid things.

[@MoonianPlayz]

I had a recorder, I would always terrorize my poor neighbor with my bad playing.