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Originally Posted by EvilChuck
It shocks me thinking back that learning the recorder allowed me to read sheet music, and play pretty well (if I do say so myself). Now I have no musical instruments that I play, and no inclination to learn either.
One thing I didnt understand as a 9/10 year old was what was the tiny pot of vaseline for in the leather recorder case?
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Vaseline is used to grease the area where the different sections of the instrument connect, essentially making it easier to put together and so it doesn't get stuck. It's okay to use on recorders since there is no cork around the joints, unlike on a clarinet or saxophone. In that case instrument cork grease should be used and not Vaseline.
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Originally Posted by dreadnaught
What songs did everyone have to play? We had to learn hot cross buns, ode to joy, and another song I can't remember the name of.. it was bitch to play though, I do remember that.
In the 5th grade my school also let us take their ukuele's home for a weekend, but my cat was afraid of it so I never played it much.
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Yeah, I think we played all those songs too
