Do you know what the most difficult woodwind instrument in the world is? It may be well known, but the oboe is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the most difficult woodwind instrument in the world. (Incidentally, the horn is also registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the most difficult brass instrument in the world!) One…
When you hear the word “vertical flute,” which instrument do you think of? In Japan, the recorder, which is sometimes played in school classes, and the shakuhachi, a traditional Japanese musical instrument, are particularly well known. The recorder and the shakuhachi share the same principle of sound production, and both are members of the air reed instrument family. However, people…
