Editing Recorder (musical instrument) (section)

==Use in schools==
[[File:Japanese YAMAHA Instruments Recorders 1.JPG|thumb|Plastic recorder ([[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]])]]

In the twentieth century, [[Carl Orff]] used the recorder as part of his [[Orff-Schulwerk]] didactic approach. His five-volume ''Musik für Kinder'', published between 1950 and 1954, contains pieces for recorders, often in combination with other instruments.<ref>Regner, Hermann. Orff-Schulwerk Floetenbuch, Preface. Translated by I.M. Rushworth. http://www.vosa.org/paul/sales_folder/orff_recorder.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042013/http://www.vosa.org/paul/sales_folder/orff_recorder.htm |date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>

Manufacturers have made recorders out of [[bakelite]] and other more modern plastics; they are thus easy to produce, hence inexpensive. Because of this, recorders are popular in schools, as they are one of the cheapest instruments to buy in bulk.<ref>Margo Hall, ''Teaching Kids Recorder'', iUniverse, 2005. {{ISBN|0-595-36743-7}}{{Self-published source|date=May 2019}}</ref> They are also relatively easy to play at a basic level because sound production needs only breath, and pitch is primarily determined by fingering (though excessive breath pressure will tend to drive the pitch sharp).

Most Japanese students are taught to play the recorder.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tada |first=Ichiro |date=January 1982 |title=The Recorder in Japan |journal=[[Early Music (journal)|Early Music]]|volume=10 |issue=1: The Recorder: Past and Present |pages=38–41 |doi=10.1093/earlyj/10.1.38 |jstor=3126732 |quote=In 1948, the Ministry of Education prescribed a new curriculum that recommended the teaching of the recorder from the fourth grade<sup>[4]</sup> of elementary school}} Note 4: "The recorder is now taught from the third grade."</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gordenker |first=Alice |date=14 December 2001 |title=Every Child Gets to Be a Musician Here |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2001/12/14/lifestyle/every-child-gets-to-be-a-musician-here/ |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030020415/http://japantimes.co.jp/life/2001/12/14/lifestyle/every-child-gets-to-be-a-musician-here/ |archive-date=30 October 2021 |department=Matter of Course (column) |work=[[The Japan Times]] |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>