Because it plays too softly. You'd never hear it. Recorders went out of style when orchestra instruments got louder and more powerful. They are best played in orchestras consisting of other ancient instruments only.

they also have tunning issues alot of the time. there more of an intro dution to music instrument

Recorders were in lots of different ensembles and consorts, back in the Rennaissance and Baroque eras. Instruments drift in and out of the music scene. Who knows, in another hundred years or two, the instruments may be completely different. The recorder only survived to this point because it is an easy instrument to learn and is good for young children.

they can be in bands, we have two recorders in our school orchestra which is more a big ensemble than an orchestra but we have them along with other orchestral and non-orchestral instruments and you can hear them even though we have two drum kits which are LOUD, so they can be in bands, I don't care if anyone tells me otherwise, they can.

they can be in bands, we have two recorders in our school orchestra which is more a big ensemble than an orchestra but we have them along with other orchestral and non-orchestral instruments and you can hear them even though we have two drum kits which are LOUD, so they can be in bands, I don't care if anyone tells me otherwise, they can.

they can be in bands, we have two recorders in our school orchestra which is more a big ensemble than an orchestra but we have them along with other orchestral and non-orchestral instruments and you can hear them even though we have two drum kits which are LOUD, so they can be in bands, I don't care if anyone tells me otherwise, they can.

Any instrument can be put in an ensemble with any other instrument or group of instruments - some just sound better together than others. I expect it's all a matter of perception.

Having said that, most composers, who tend to write for instruments that sound compatible, do not put recorders in the same groupings with modern instruments like brass and louder woodwinds.

when people take the !***! out of me for being a recorder player i turn round and say "Bach had one...as did paul mcartny." remember fool on the hill.

plus there is one in my band The JamJars

ok so to all these people who say that the recorder cannot play with louder instruments...well have you never heard of amplification????

in The JamJars we have a recorder that plays with an (electric guitar a drum kit and a very powerful female voice. without the aid of a mic and an amp it doesn't really even come though (the recorder is a very quiet instrument). however it is very easy to moddify any recorder to accpet a small tie clip mike ( this doesn't need to hurt the recorder). as long as a good quality tie mike is used you still get the nice wood windy sound though the amp!

You're right! It should be allowed. it's a great instrument!!!!

so i'm probably breaking every copyright rule in the world doing this...this is copied directly from www.wikipedia.org.

Other musicians who have made notable use of the recorder
Jimi Hendrix played soprano recorder in some of his studio recordings
Bob Homme (The Friendly Giant) used the recorder as part of his TV show
Keith Jarrett played recorder on his album The Survivor's Suite
Brian Jones (Rolling Stones) notably played the recorder in the song Ruby Tuesday
John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin) played several recorders in the studio recording of Stairway to Heaven
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) occasionally uses the recorder in his music (eg The Fool on the Hill)
Bruce Springsteen plays recorder on some of his tracks
Dido studied recorder at the London Guildhall school of music and most famously plays it on the track Thank You from her debut album No Angel
Mick Ronson, glam-rock guitarist, producer and arranger played multi-tracked recorders on David Bowie's "Life on Mars?" and on Lou Reed's "Satellite of Love"

hope this finally settles the argument that recorders can be played in bands.

heaps of love to you all from JamJar Jacob x

Isn't there also a recorder in Katie Melua's "There are nine million bicycles in Beijin"?

You have the same problem with an acoustic guitar with nylon strings, though. It does not come through. This holiday season, I arranged several christmas carols for guitar and descant recorder, played them with my daughter and tried to make a DVD from that (as a gift for all the fussy aunties and grannies). The problem was, the camera microphone caught only the recorder, there was no guitar to be heard when I was fingerpicking! The recorder was overwhelming it...

I *think* I heard one guitar player say that the nylon string guitar is not a real instrument...

Greetings, Aleysha

I think recorder should be in bands.

i love the recorder but i dont think it should be in bands its too...well it should not be in a band i play the recorder and u cant realy play in groups the noise will be bloced out and tunes like rap hip hop u cant do that on a recorder/at least i dont think u can/

thanks for ur time: jazzyjas out!

p.s.lol