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recorder

woodwind musical instrument
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Summary

recorder is a type of musical instrument[1]. recorder ranks in the top 8% of type of musical instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,267 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: open flute with internal duct with fingerholes[3], duct flute[4]
  • Commons category: Recorders (musical instrument)[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Recorders (musical instruments)[6]
  • Commons gallery: Recorder[7]
  • Described by source: Riemann's Music Dictionary[8]
  • Used by: recorder player[9]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 421.221.12[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

recorder has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] recorder is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Revision of the Hornbostel-Sachs Classification of Musical Instruments by the MIMO Consortium. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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