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Baroque and Renaissance music written "for flute" would have been played on a recorder. The modern "flute"—made of silver, held sideways, and played by blowing ''across'' it— was not developed until the 1800s.

Baroque and Renaissance music written "for flute" would have been played on a recorder. The modern "flute"—made of silver, held sideways, and played by blowing ''across'' it— was not developed until the 1800s.

A recorder is an example of a ''reedless woodwind.''

The recorder and the modern flute are members of the ''woodwind'' family. Other woodwinds, like the clarinet, saxophone, and oboe, have reeds, which gives them a kind of sharp and buzzy sound. The recorder and flute are reedless, and have a very sweet, pure sound.

Recorders are used in music education, because it is easy for beginners to play recognizable tunes on them. The use of recorders in education was popularized in the United States in the 1950s by the [[Trapp Family Singers]], the family depicted in ''The Sound of Music.'' "Song flutes," "flutophones," and "tonettes" are really just slightly modified recorders.

Recorders are used in music education, because it is easy for beginners to play recognizable tunes on them. The use of recorders in education was popularized in the United States in the 1950s by the [[Trapp Family Singers]], the family depicted in ''The Sound of Music.'' "Song flutes," "flutophones," and "tonettes" are really just slightly modified recorders.