I don't understand why you're trying to make this related to English as a language, while it has nothing to do with the language itself. It's a problem of "more common names", nothing more. It's just like how many people, when they say America, they mean the USA; even though geographically, the USA is only a part of America, the continent. Following this example, the USA is your flute (ok, this just sounded weird lol), and my fipple flute is, for example, Canada. When people say the flute, they may (that is according to you, since I don't have this problem at all where I live) think about the one you play, just like how people tend to think of the US when they say/hear America. But that doesn't mean there aren't other countries in America, just like it doesn't mean there aren't other types of flute.Kor wrote: this issue should actually be brought to someone who is more familiar with the english language. I don't mind to mail my english teacher from high school or my editor and ask them what they think.
Well, I think I did say it's because it's more common already.Kor wrote: It has nothing to do with modernity. It's just more common. You will have a hard time to find the recorder in the orchestra, and I speculate that many music writers don't really know what to do with the Recorder. (I'm not trying to bash the Recorder btw. I actually respect people who try to play at it profecionally.)
And, I still think it also has to do with modernity. Maybe it's more common because it's modern?
And I wouldn't mind even if you tried to bash the fipple flute, because:
1. Your flute is actually a modern type of my the fipple flute.
2. I believe all instruments are equally amazing and each one is special, so bashing one would be a waste of time.
3. My favorite instrument isn't even the fipple flute or any other type of flute.
Once again, I'm not here to fight. So no, I didn't mean to insult you.Kor wrote: Now I feel like you are trying to insult my intelligence. I played on the recorder too for 5 years (as part of the elementary school classes) but I always knew I wanted to play on the Flute, and after three years of playing both instruments, I had to stop with one.
I only wanted to emphasise that the "recorder" was in the same picture as all the other flutes, which proves it's a flute too.
You're missing the point, which is the fact that your teacher automatically thought about the "recorder" when you mentionned the word "flute"; which contradicted what you said about people thinking of your type of flute more than any other type.Kor wrote: please reread Calid's post (which I quoted). I just commented that I know he is correct and even gave an example from my experience why in german it's not obvious.
1. I just love how you treat me as an idiot (yet not to the point of making me mad) by giving me examples related to mixing between instruments, as if I wouldn't know the difference between them. It's not like I know nothing about Music; in fact, I've been studying Music for more than half of my life, not to forget that my dad (besides being a teacher) is a musician, and many other members of my family are musicians too. I've grown up in the "world of music", so I think I would know the difference.Kor wrote: You're right, I am getting mad over nothing, but every kind of instrument is individual and special, and to see back then that you called a Recorder, a (by what I'm used to) "Flute" just got me mad, because it's the instrument I'm playing on.
How would an Alto Saxophone player feel if someone commented on all the saxophones to be the same, when clearly they aren't? (I have to say though that every good saxophone player I know can play on every one of them.)
Or even better example - someone would say to a cornet player that he plays good on the "trumpet" - true, the two instruments are identical, but they are not the same thing.
2. I still don't understand why you would get mad because someone pointed out that the flute you play is just a type among many other types of flutes.
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And by the way, it's getting very late in here so I gotta go to sleep.
Maybe we'll continue this interesting discussion tomorrow..