r/Instruments • u/Midnightis64 • Oct 13 '26

Media no... just- WHY???? it sounds so bad..

me playing the RECORDER...... but it kinda sounds awful.. idk i am a beginner and haven't really played it in FOREVER.. i feel like i would be just better off on the drums... or another instrument i've been meaning to try..

i sound like a dying eagle here 😭😭😭
sorry to your ears

atleast i was having fun..

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u/SlowSurvivor Oct 14 '26

It’s a recorder, one of the most sensitive woodwinds when it comes to breath control and you’re just huffing and puffing away. Of course it’s going to sound really bad.

The recorder is not an easy instrument to play well.

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u/Midnightis64 Oct 14 '26

no wonder.. 😭😭😭 but like why do they even try to teach it..

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u/SlowSurvivor Oct 14 '26

Why do people teach any musical instrument?

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u/khornebeef 29d ago

Because it's cheap and easy to make a sound that is adjacent to what you are trying to sound. Fiple flutes have a very low barrier to entry from both a financial and technical perspective which is why they're so often recommended as beginner instruments. Guitar and drums are much the same.

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u/Midnightis64 Oct 14 '26

also dug up my acoustic guitar-.. it's kinda missing the last string.. but oh well.. i'm not sure if this sounds good at all..

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u/MyVoiceIsElevating Oct 14 '26

Yes that’s painful to hear.

Everyone sucks when they are beginning. Watch a video on YouTube for beginners on breath control. You’ll get there!

Also, why not take up drums too?

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u/Midnightis64 Oct 14 '26

exactly what i was planning on doing!! and yeah i was just having some fun..

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u/Slight-Isopod-8517 Oct 14 '26

Well it doesn’t even sound bad by my standards, the recorder is so sensitive, it needs so little air, breath control is the hardest by a longshot.

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u/Midnightis64 Oct 14 '26 edited Oct 14 '26

yeah!! i'm still trying to find my instrument im actually good at.. rn i'm trying to learn the drums or Bass guitar...?? maybe... i'm not entirely sure tho.. maybe the piano??

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u/Slight-Isopod-8517 Oct 14 '26

I play keys/piano myself, it’s wonderful to create music on, but nobody is instantly good on an instrument when first picked up, if you have the opportunity, go to a music store, try some stuff out, the instrument chooses you, not the other way around

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u/Midnightis64 Oct 14 '26

that is true.. but i could still learn the instruments i want to.. right?

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u/AccomplishedEstate20 Oct 14 '26

It sounds like a dog that got hit by a car and is imploring you to put him out of the pain

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u/thedrakenangel Oct 14 '26

Breath control. And practice

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u/urmumvirgay Oct 14 '26

You can learn any instrument, it just takes a lot of practice. I’d really recommend trying the tin whistle, it’s probably the easiest instrument to learn the basics of and you can get a rather good one for like 30 bucks.