I loved my cream-colored plastic recorder with it's green vinyl case and spongy plunger cleaner. I learned how to play the theme of Star Wars and "Hot Cross Buns" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb." And after 35 years, I can still play them all.
Before the kids were born, I even took up trying to play other things on the recorder, got a wooden one, and a teach-yourself book. I even managed to play a few simple Libana folk tunes on the recorder and others on a pennywhistle. I'm sure my technique, both fingering and breath, were weak, but I had such a good time.
And now I'm having a great time teaching the kids those three recorder songs I know, plus looking forward to new ones to learn from them.
My kids love their recorders. So do my sisters but I don't remember every learning to play??
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