How do recorders make sound?
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I’m assuming you mean the instrument?
Basically the air you blow through the mouth-piece interacts with the hole right in front of it, creating a chamber of “excited air” down the length of the instrument. It’s complicated (beyond a 5 year old), but the “length” of this excited air in the tube of the recorder is what determines the sound the instrument makes. As the recorder player moves their fingers over certain arrangements of holes it changes the “length” the excited air vibrates which produces a different notes. Its similar to how a guitar player uses their fingers to shorten the length of the vibrating strings and produces different notes.
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