Is this played like an Irish tin whistle? Does it produce similar sound? Is this recorder sized only for a child's hands?
300477
I don't know about Irish tin whistles. No it's big enough for a grown man to use. I have large hands and I can play it with ease. My 1 your old and my 3 year old play it the most.
300478
The instruments are similar in size; most soprano recorders are slightly longer and larger around than a "D" tin whistle. They are fingered differently, but the differences are not difficult to master. Because of the larger size, the finger holes on a recorder are generally slightly further apart than a tin whistle. In tone, the recorder is a little bit more reed-like and the tin whistle is a little more flute-like. I enjoy playing both for different types of settings.
300479
No the tin whistle is a lot blurrier. if you want to get this do it is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
300480
It is sized for adults and older children. It does not play or sound like an Irish tin whistle. It has its own fingering chart. Has a beautiful full/mellow/sweet sound.
333746
Yes, I can hear the whistle. It's fine. I chose this style for the ease of using a handle. Love it.
1716240
Yes, it is a durable recorder. It sounds a little bit better. The recorder is little shorter compared to the regular one, so that it is easier to blow better sounds for lower notes. My kid likes this better than his original one obtained from the school.
1824474
Hi Carol the recorder is about 1" by 3" . Small but has good sound. Little difficult to operate but works.
1910062
This is a phenomenal digital recorder. I took it for a consulting job in Africa and recorded 35 hours of music and voice interviews. Excellent quality recordings. Often the recording was hand held. No noticeable extraneous sound from holding the unit. If I misunderstood the question, please clarify further. I'd be happy to help.
1319803
I never found out. I did not like this digital recorder and could never get it to download to my computer. I gave it to the Goodwill with instructions for someone else to figure out.
2023875
It's not a transposing instrument so in that way it is like a flute or oboe - but music is written in bass clef and the lowest note is F. It uses the same system of fingering as an alto recorder.
209338
HI! it only makes a sound over metal! =-) It is a really great little detector. In time my son (12 years ole and brilliant) LOL does want a more professional one that will actually filter out junk from the good stuff . Those are a few hundred dollars so that will be when he is much older. For now he LOVES this thing and when we bring it to the playground or beach he has a ton of little followers that are intrigued beyond belief. SO far my son has found an old belt buckle (1800's) old medicine bottle (again (1800's era) tons of coins. =-)
1968277
It's toy size. Very small, but produces a very nice sound for a toy. YouTube has some fun videos that will show you the size, as well as the quality of sound.
1920411
Yes....great recordings are possible with this recorder....I highly recommend it....I and others are very impressed with it's quality of sound....just be careful with it....mine fell over on a tripod and now only half of the screen works....but I'm still using it. Great buy for the price!
1224193
Do you mean is it voice operated? No....this is a piece of junk, not worth a penny. I've rarely heard worse sound quality from ANYTHING. You should invest in a Tascam digital recorder. They're the size of a cordless phone, incredible digital sound quality, excellent built in mikes, easy to learn to operate, with a 32GB memory chip, you can record 64 hours of commercial CD quality sound or thousands of hours on various levels of MP3 compression. Even the most compressed MP3 setting yields a better recording than I've ever made with tape!! The Tascam DR-07 is around $100 and worth every penny, but there are both cheaper and more expensive models available. The only accessory really necessary is the AC adapter for around $25. Whatever you do, DON'T GET A CASSETTE RECORDER!!!
382462
Hi Eleanore! Sorry to have taken a few days to answer this. No, this recorder is Key of F. You want a Soprano recorder to get the Key of C. Hope this helps, Kate :-)
1131103
Rhis was a gift to my very young granddaughter. No one has tried this as she has a small recorder that she uses.
2074670
This is the only alto recorder I've ever had. The holes are WAY too far apart for me to play. I gave it away to someone with bigger hands. I've gotten an Irish tin whistle and am trying to learn that.
1949435
It's perfect for a child. My experience is that they are much more comfortable with this than a full sized instrument.
313872
Yes and yes. It has a beautiful sound as well, lots of compliments. Do your finger stretching exercises to keep all the holes solidly covered, not so difficult after some practice. Pressing the left thumbnail into the thumb hole on the back side to form a thin cressent moon shape hole makes it easy to get the higher octave. Nice recorder!
294289
Not sure, but many of the kids in my children's music class used the school's recorders and they where white. I bought my twins a blue and a green recorder so they'd have their own. They liked them very much.