Editing Recorder (musical instrument) (section)

=== General ===
Duct flutes and recorders are found in almost every musical tradition around the world.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Origins and Development of Musical Instruments|last = Montagu|first = Jeremy|publisher = Scarecrow Press|year = 2007|isbn = 978-0810856578}}</ref> The earliest extant duct flutes date to the [[Neolithic]] period. While classifying early instruments has proved controversial, recorders are typically distinguished from other duct flutes by the thumb hole—used as an octaving vent—and seven finger holes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|url = http://www.fomrhi.org/vanilla/fomrhi/uploads/bulletins/Fomrhi-127/Comm%202008.pdf|title = When is a recorder not a recorder?|last = Rowland-Jones|first = Anthony|date = 2008|journal = FoMRHI Quarterly|publisher = Fellowship of Makers and Researchers of Historic Instruments}}</ref> The playing of the recorder in its earliest history is not well documented owing to the lack of surviving records from the time.