Ukelele suffers from the same image problem for many of the same reasons, including that very cheap souvenir versions are available in destinations like Hawaii and that many children learn to play it in school.

Myth told to me when I was 11-----''Now take up the real flute'' 20 years ago I got a ''real'' recorder teacher and have played both jazz and classics in NY night clubs I'm 72 and have a lot of catching up to do.

“That’s what I like about the recorder; its flexibility is its danger but also its beauty” Wow 🔥🔥💯

Recorders for me... are one of the defenitions of "underrated" and "underappreciated" instruments, I personally like their sound😁😍

If actually-playable, inexpensive clarinets, violins, or trumpets could be produced, those instruments would also be considered "toys." That's the beauty of the recorder: A very inexpensive model can be played competently by a trained musician if necessary, but it can also lead a novice to progress to something much more refined! So the cheap, plastic one is NOT a toy -- it is a GATEWAY INSTRUMENT.

When Sarah busts the " You can't play jazz on the recorder" myth, she mentions Israeli /NYC-based jazz recorder pro Tali Rubinstein. I am currently taking lessons with her and SHE IS GREAT! I just started a month ago, but I'm learning a lot already. I don't think I will ever play gigs in NYC like Acyutananda das, but I'm certainly having a lot of fun. Check out her videos to find out what a recorder can do in jazz! Particularly impressive are those of her playing over Charlie Parker's solos and other jazz greats'

I was one of those ten year olds that was told “Now it’s time to learn a proper instrument- here’s a clarinet!” My dad was delighted- Acker Bilk was in the charts with”Stranger on the Shore” 🙄 I sort of liked the clarinet but never really loved it. I alway saw the recorder as an extension of myself ( the clarinet was more like a badly designed artificial limb!) I studied the clarinet to a high level but always secretly kept up with the recorder when no one was around. Later, as a music teacher in a junior school I always spent a lot of time teaching kids in my clubs decent technique. At the local music festivals other teachers would ask me “What is your secret? How do your pupils sound so good when mine sound like a bag of strangled cats? “ News Flash - I can actually play the recorder! It’s such a shame that so many kids are taught by a well meaning primary school teacher who doesn’t have a repertoire beyond “Hot Cross buns...” I have to say the recorder is infinitely more difficult than the clarinet to play really well ( no lovely boehm key system to keep the fingerings simple.) I get so fed up of uneducated twits who think it’s cool to tease me for playing the recorder. ( Yes SIL I’m looking at you! ) But I suppose we just have to raise our eyes, sigh and not rise to it. 🙃

I am pianist. I used to think recorders were just toy instruments that kids play which is mostly true here in the USA. I always felt that there was a lot more the recorder could do and then I discovered your channel. Thanks for the inspiration. I just bought a very nice Mollenhauer Denner soprano recorder to start my recorder journey. So far I'm loving it. Almost done playing it in. I like to record accompaniments on piano and play recorder with myself at the piano. Lot's of fun.

An instrument of nobility indeed! In the 1974 movie, "Romance with a Double Bass," the Princess (Connie Booth) says to bassist John Cleese, "I'm learning to play the recorder..." to which he replies, "Are you?! How marvelous! What a coincidence!" In the final scene, the two are playing a duet, she presumably having escaped/abandoned her royal family in favor of pursuing a more exciting life (as a recorder player) with the other musician. :-)

I have heard all these negative comments throughout my life so often that I became embarrassed to say I played the recorder and told people I played the flute. I gave up playing and only returned recently to playing after a 20 year break. I discovered you Sarah during the pandemic lockdown and the huge recorder community. I used to think that I was the only recorder player in the world. Delighted to get back playing again and proud to be a recorder player. Thanks Sarah.

How can you not love a recorder? Ear candy just as it is. I like the tenors. Pair it with a lute, and ya got yourself a two piece time machine.

I was so sad when our recorder lessons were over, in school. I didn't want to give mine back. I half-forgot about my love for the instrument, until I was watching Two Set Violin and saw Eddy messing around with one. Not long after that, I found you. I've now been inspired (probably 42 years later) to pick up the recorder again. And looking back, all these years later... Some of my favorite music had recorders playing in it! I thought they were flutes - nope! Recorders! I've ordered a recorder and a book and will hopefully be playing this weekend. :)

Like many American children I learned soprano recorder (on the low-end Yamaha) in school, but unlike my classmates I didn't discard it, continuing to play soprano and alto at least at a moderate amateur level. I've also since picked up clarinet, which I play less competently than recorder, but I try to keep practicing both. (I'd probably not have tried clarinet without my prior recorder experience tbh.) The first-step idea/problem really is vexing. The recorder's ease of sound production does make it a better first wind instrument than either reeds or the transverse flute, and yet so few music teachers have the time and training necessary to get the best out of their young players, many of who would rather not be doing it anyway. Yamaha has even tried to make a reed-recorder with their Venova; I've played one and would not recommend it as a school instrument. Embouchure/resistance/tuning all make it inferior to the recorder for that purpose, and I think bad Venova playing sounds even more offensive than bad recorder playing. Thanks for your channel, Sarah. You've not only motivated me to improve my skills but to keep my kids going after 4th grade, treating the recorder with the dignity it deserves.

Other wood Winds were developed and keys added to make different scales easier. So the recorder would be the hardest because it keeps the baroque no keys look.

We should stop bad-mouthing plastic recorders. Some of the plastic recorders produced these days are really good musical instruments and I think they will become even better in the future, due to innovations in polymer science. Remember - there is nothing inherently special or "magic" about wood; it's a polymer produced by nature, with lots of imperfections - for good and bad.

I’m on the older side and a die-hard knitter. I play piano, cello and flute, but sought out the cheery sound of the soprano recorder. The soprano recorder sound makes me happy, and because it’s so small and light-weight, my aging joints are happy too. I’m enjoying the challenge of making pleasant music on my soprano recorder and seeking a non-plastic one with the most mellow tone possible.

0:35 - the recorder is not a real instrument 1:14 - the recorder is a child's instrument 2:18 - the recorder is not an orchestral instrument 3:09 - you can't play chromatic notes 3:32 - the recorder is easy to learn 3:43 - You don’t need an embouchure 4:44 - you can't tune a recorder 6:33 - recorders only play early music 7:11 - recorders are cheap 7:48 - you can ruin a recorder by oiling the block 8:55 - you can't play jazz on the recorder 9:15 - you have to keep all your instruments played in at all times 10:14 - if you can play one recorder, you can play them all 10:47 - the recorder should be used as a first step instrument before you move on to something real

*Sarah's face expressions are National Treasure* 😄💙

The recorder is NOT easy. I spent weeks just figuring out a low D and thought I was doomed to squeak through pieces forever. Is there a video on why the recorder stopped being an instrument in the orchestras and ensembles? Thanks!

The first one I watch at time of getting out. I'm really glad I found your channel. I'm a beginner. Have been binge watching your channel every since I needed to start studying the recorder.

when my friend saw me playing my recorder she said "is that a child's instrument" then i was like 😕

In this video, in the section about playing-in the recorder, Sarah mentions getting "saliva" into the instrument. But no saliva can get into the recorder unless the player actually spits into it (yechh); the moisture that builds up in the bore, and has to be swabbed out, is just that--moisture. Not saliva.

Very interesting, as always! I have a percussionist friend who was a xylophone virtuoso. He also suffered from the perception people had of his instrument, a so-called "children's" instrument. *** «The piano is tuned in equal temperament, where every semi-tone is the same distance apart.» The verdict of my piano technicians (yes, I have more than one): FALSE!!!!!!! Tuning a piano is making a whole series of compromises. Equal temperament and perfect octaves are impossible to obtain on this instrument, due to the high inharmonicity of his strings.

Always love your videos Sarah, your obvious love for the Recorder is such a breath of fresh air in these jaded times

By ''miking the amp'' is when you hang a second microphone over the front of an amplifier. Harmonica players have done this since Little Walter in the '50's This way a recorder can play with a full orchestra and be heard in a stadium!!! (and I'm not even talk'n about all the distortions you can put on it)

Sarah - I love all your videos - they are so educational and fun and you inspired me to start playing again after 25 years since I played the soprano and flute and now I own and love a tenor Dream! Keep up your amazing energy and videos! And thank you!

There is some merit to the idea of starting on a recorder before going to other instruments where it comes to children. Small children can reach and hold a soprano recorder, plus, the instant gratification of it making a sound helps as a starting point. My son wanted to play clarinet when his arms were way too short, so I was teaching him recorder with the hope that he would maintain his interest and love of music until he was big enough. I did the same with my daughter who now plays the flute. I bought her a mollenhauer picco flute because she could already make a good sound, and she played it off and on until she could reach flute keys. It's too bad that people took an idea that works and reinterpreted it to mean that recorders are not an instrument that people play after they're 8.

It's the bad reputation of the squeaky plastic racket of kids in school. They would feel differently if they actually heard and saw impressive recorder performances in some way, be it through a skilled teacher at school or listening to a pro like Sarah Jeffery, Michaela Petri or Tali Rubenstein. That being said, it looks humble, and yet the simple open holes mean it's really flexible to play in different ways.

I believed in those myths until I stumbled on your channel and learned what an amazing instrument it is

- the recorder is easy to learn I thought this when I started, (because they give it to kid). About 10 minutes I was like why do we give these to kids, this is hard. -I'll play it for a bit and if I can stick with it i'll get the other instrument I want. I thought this to, i mean $70 AUD to see if I can stick with music in general seemed like a deal. vs. say $1500 for student tenor sax, or $5k for a not great double bass... was easy choice. After finding lots of resources for the recorder and how cool it was. I just kept with the recorder. I'd still like a double bass..but price is a killer.

I just ordered and received my Mollenhauer Tulipwood...sooooo thrilled...it is gorgeous

For me, the recorder was a stepping-stone to other treble clef wind instruments, such as the ocarina, the tin whistle, the pan flute, the fife flute, the concert flute, the Bb clarinet, and the alto saxophone. All of which I regularly play along with my soprano, alto and tenor recorders - thanks to…you guessed it…the recorder. 😉 🎼 🎶🎵

I’ve got a cheap recorder (someone gave it to me years ago). And today I was scouring through my old stuff and saw it. I thought to myself why not actually learn playing it after years it’s lived in the trunk 😅 so here am I watching your videos ☺️

I remember someone picking up one of my handmade instruments at a gig and blowing down it in imitation of a dying eider duck, before pretending to drop it. I breathed and continued, That’ll be £1500 please, in the event of you fully demonstrating your innocence - and yes, I have receipts and no, at the moment, I don’t have a throat infection.”

In college I played a tenor sax and a alto recorder. I loved the recorder in stairwells. Some of the modern recorder music is right up there with Sun Ra, Eric Dolphy, Pharaoh Sanders, with percussive sounds and soundscapes.

1:06 Sad-trombone-on-the-recorder FTW.

As a composer of music for the recorder, I am so glad you mentioned that! Thanks for this great video.

I went the way of playing it when I was young and then moving on. I came back to it when I found a good plastic one while I was traveling in europe and missing making music. I was very easy to pack along and it was wonderful to be able to sit and play when I wanted to. I have since added a tenor to my collection and enjoy "jamming" on duets with family over the holidays. Not many instruments travel so well, are reasonable priced (the best plastic yamahas anyway) and are so temp and humidity tolerant. I know the plastic ones are not as good as wood but I'm not very good at playing them so I think that's a good match!😂 Thank you again for your lovely channel! I enjoy every episode and have added some wonderful recordings to my collection from your guests!

Loved the (intended?) pose of Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' @ 10:57 - which is pretty perfect (picture = 1000 words) for that moment! Well done, as always.

I always liked the sound of baroque music with the recorder or the baroque oboe more as a like the flute. it has character.

I just got my first ever basic wood recorder maple school recorder and I love it I’ve been playing recorders over 20 years so my appreciation of recorders is very high and I play all sorts on them

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Sarah. Thank you for sharing everything about the Recorder. Thank you!

I think one of the things you touched on here is really important. If we want the recorder to be taken seriously as an instrument there needs to be availability of good teachers. So often it is a basic music lesson that is offered on the recorder and it never progresses from that. The grade exams in the UK help and raise the understanding and expectation of the recorder as a serious instrument but how easy is it to find a teacher who can teach this instrument through to the higher grades? It used to be virtually impossible, I don't know if this has improved in recent years.

Good video. I am a few weeks into learning recorder. Arthritis is my wrists have nearly put an end to my guitar playing. On recorder, I am still making lots of squeaks and fuzzy notes, but on my very affordable plastic Yamaha alto, I am having lots of fun. Bending pitch is cool. BTW, nice blouse Sarah. Your videos are my best defence against being glum in these difficult days.

I have had to deal with most of these over the years, even when I didn't play as seriously as I do now; however, I consider all instruments to be special, worthy, and delightful. So many contexts in which they may shine, and 900 years of recorder...there's your proof in the pudding!

My musical education was mostly in piano and choir up through high school. I honestly could never quite wrap my head around why a C wasn't the same C across all musical instruments. So the recorder having different fingerings for different tunings makes complete sense to me! 😂 I'm trying to learn alto and soprano at the same time, fun stuff!!

I frigging love the “false” sound!

When i'm hear "recorder", i mean "tape recorder" (magnetic tape device) - cassete or reel-to-reel magnetophone.

I think it’s easy to get to an intermediate level- assuming you practice. I think it gets more difficult to go from intermediate to expert than other instruments.

Hi, Sarah. 71-year old descant recorder player here. Did you know that on Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway To Heaven', John Paul Jones played no fewer than three recorders (bass, tenor, soprano) mixed over each other on that track? I've only ever played descant (soprano) so I'm looking to have a try with a tenor. Wish me luck! 😉

Moving on to another instrument reminded me my story with the recorder. I wanted to learn play the flute, so we went with that idea to get listened in the music school when I was about 9 years old. It was told I should start with the recorder because it was planned that I will get soon braces on my teeth. They recommended to move on with the flute when my braces will be removed. I honestly did not want to start recorder, just started - you know I was a kid, followed the „order”. Fortunately I got a really great teacher, and he made me like the instrument. I stayed in the music school playing the recorder until I could - even when my braces were removed finally about 10 years later. I was the oldest blockflöte student in my town for awhile when I quit from that music school at age 21. I loved the time when we played dances in a small ensemble with the much younger students and with my former teacher using instruments from sopranino to bass. I was the tenorist that time, the younger students did not have enough long fingers :)) My teacher passed away few years ago and I really miss him. I could join his memorial concert last year where I could fortunately play again with a small ensemble group. About the „orchestral music” - recorder is rarely needed in orchestra, but since internet is here it is so easy to find ensembles or find people around you and start one. In my city I could not find a „band” to join, but could find one in another city and now I play with them, so finally I found a group of people where I can again practice and improve in playing the recorder. Soon I will get my Tony Dixon low D duo instrument which is a whistle and flute in one, so I can even try to play on a flute :))) and I just discovered half year ago there is a small forming group of baroque musicians in my town, so will join their concerts when I have the chance to listen them... and who knows what happens later ;)

Played recorder in secondary school, havent played it for nearly 20 years but watching your videos has inspired me to take it up again. If anyone makes fun of me for playing again, I will direct them to this video!

I agree that recorder is a substantial instrument in its own right, but the inexpensive Yamaha plastic ones are very good gateway instruments if the child is too small to hold a clarinet, flute, or other woodwind. You have to almost adult-sized hands to reach the keys. Because of that, I have found (as a flute instructor) that starting small students, younger than about 10 years old, on recorder has turned out to be ideal. It is also much more financially accessible for young beginners as well. P.S. I would LOVE to hear you play Vivaldi Concerto in C on recorder as I am learning it on piccolo!

Thinking of a Renaissance orchestra : the recorders are an important and normal part of the ensemble ! Look for Skip Sempé and his "Cappricio Stravagante" ! :))

The Recorder and the Tin Whistle are both my favorites their so much fun to play ❤😊. I like listening to you play.

Good explanations. I also thought recorders are for kids or entry level for advancing to a real instrument. But having heard some of these wonderful instruments and that they can do all sorts of amazing stuff on-off keyed instruments can't possibly do, I am blown away by the potential of the recorder. I guess its relatively easy to get basic recorder skills but to realizing its potential takes years to develop requisite skills. Love the sound of the tenor; just beautiful - must get one and see if I can do it justice.

So last night as I was playing the recorder my friend told me "wow I didn't think recorder could sound good" I chuckled and played some LOTR themes XD

I learned the recorder as a child and now I play the piano. Almost 20 years later, I'm thinking of re-learning the recorder because well, a piano is not portable at all lol and I'm not always at home, but I'm always in the mood of making some music 🎶

I play a bunch of "ain't got no respect", "just for kids, right?" instruments: recorder of course, melodica, autoharp & glockenspiel.

Excellent information, and very clearly - and charmingly - presented.

Is it easy? To play some simple songs: yes To play anything in the upper register: NO I'm a year into playing tenor recorder and Playing any songs that run higher than upper E and down and up and down are still challenging. Getting that half hole thing right is probably the hardest thing on recorder.

Keep it up. You are spreading the word. I have just bought one to learn and that is down to you :-)

Your channel is like gold for beginners recorder players... Do you know of any channel like yours for other instruments like violin or clarinet or flute or oboe!?!? .. hello from New York 🌷

Hello Sarah! Could you please make a video one day showing how to do this "distorted" sound you did at ~07:00 speaking of "effects"? I assume that in some situation I could use recorder to emulate this dry agressive "palm-muted" guitar sound which is widely used in rock riffs (Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull is using similar approach with the transverse flute, which he often use along with other "classic" rock instruments not only as a solo, but as a rhythm instrument). Would be nice if you could give us an idea how to do that. Thank you in advance!

It’s a real instrument. I believe it I love it. I’m happy and proud of it. This for some one who played guitar for twenty more years. I’m totally devoted to it. It’s more challenging than guitar. As hard as the violin and challenging. That’s why I love it. Thank you Sarah for you’re videos. Thank you team recorder go team recorder community. We’re all awesome.

Do a 40 hour practice video! (lovely video by the way :))

I play the French horn and tuning is a constant battle. I'm now learning the tenor recorder so I guess my tuning issues won't be going away!

This bass playing, heavy metal loving,middle aged ex professional Musician loves recorder, esp accompanying harpsichord. I still remember how excited I was when I worked out green sleeves when the other kids struggled with Mary had a little lam. I just found the granddaughters plastic recorder and I’m off to scrub it and relive childhood glory.

Hello! I love your channel! Recorder myths...great subject.

As far as I know, flute students play the same pieces earlier than recorder students. That means recorder is actually harder than flute at advanced levels?

10:14 - "if you can play one recorder, you can play them all". Nope, I can't play my garklein because my hands are too big :(

Dear Sarah, can you post more infos about the whole "submerging in oil" technique? Where I can read something about it (which oil, how to etc...). I'm very curious and I would like to know more.

I'm a double bass and bass player, I know what is to play an "easy" and under apreciated instrument :( Love your channel! , even if I don't play recorder.

I’ve been playin piano for years and not so long ago I started the recorder. Love them either. "Un cimento".

One more variable that must be taken into account is the type of wood your recorder is built from as this directly influences the acoustics.

When you showed the half recorder just after saying they can cost over 15000 euros, my heart came out of my chest just as a visceral reaction

My experience with pulling the headjoint out for tuning purposes is that it distorts intervals enough that I would rather tune with breath pressure alone.

early into the video i left looking for “bagpipes diy”, wasn’t disappointed

Loved the video. Funny and informative. Thank you. (From Australia)

I just ordered a new recorder to pick it up again after ten years. I really enjoyed playing as a teenager.

Started on guitar. Got a recorder played it ; kept it around but it was truly too hard. But from then on I listen as well as I can

My experience of recorder players is that you reach a point after learning (much like the violin it takes a few years) where it goes 0-100, classroom trash to GOD TIER like professional recorder stuff is very cool and amazing

“and that’s why our brains are so big” made me laugh! I’ll need to use this now whenever someone says something stupid

I was in a Thrift Store yesterday, there in a box of mixed toys was a plastic "Mt Vernon" Soprano Recorder for 50cents! I couldn't resist the thought of learning an Instrument! :)

@5:07 why does it get higher when warmer, my hunch was it expanding makes it lower because it's slightly bigger? or what else does temperature affect?

I love the jingles played by a recorder 😃

Holy moly you freaked my dog out so much i had to use headphones haha. I love the recorder, then again there are a small amount of instruments i don't like. I really want to learn how to play medieval/viking style of wind instruments and i think i will start with a cheap recorder just to learn since if i never learn i don't have to stare at the dusty 2000$ recorder on my shelf... I... I've been there.. I'd also love to become a modern court jester of sorts mostly as a hobby and a part of my worship. I will not go into detail. Anyway! Your videos has helped me so so soo much and i love your personality warmth and the love you have for the recorder. I might probably go both ocarina and recorder.

I've heard pretty much all of these stereotypes about the tin whistle as well. I've been playing for about sixteen years and recently picked up a recorder. I'm having a bit of a hard time getting the fingering down for the recorder. Im going to stick with it and try to figure it out.

I always found it very sad if people started learning the recorder taught by a teacher with very little knowledge of the instrument - as if a violin teacher or trumpet player automatically knows how to play and teach others how to play the recorders! No wonder there is so little respect for the instrument, if the person teaching it has little to no idea what they are doing...

Oooh, I love that modern recorder.

If someone tells you a recorder is not a serious instrument, point out that Händel used it to great effect in his opera Rodelinda, who knew recorder and sporano go so well together?! I knew oboe goes well together with soprano (Salieri, anyone?), I never would have thought recorder can work in this way as well. In addition to being and amateur recorder player, I'm an opera nerd.

I love your energy!!! Your adorable and a beautiful Recorder player! Your a great teacher & you've inspired me to give this "REAL" instrument a try😁!!! Thank you , thank u, thank u Sending 💕🙏😘🤗2all😇

I played recorder for 15 years, than I stopped because I went to study law. You remind me how amazing recorder is 🎶

My third comment. That must indicate how much love I have for this video. (Or my second mai tai. Whatever.) On a piano forum, someone posed the thesis that the piano is the most difficult instrument. And other piano players corrected him, saying that piano is the EASIEST instrument. After all, you just press a key and it plays it with good intonation, good attack, and in tune. In contrast to, say, a trumpet, where a beginner sounds like a dying duck because his lips don't know where the notes are yet, and relies on feedback to guide him into the middle of the slot. And the high range can take years to develop, where a piano player just reaches a little farther to the right. And then there's the recorder where, not only do you need to discover the fingering that plays a particular instrument in tune, you also need to discover the fingering to play it in tune when you blow harder or softer. For all that, the recorder is an accessible instrument for the beginner with low standards because you can just use the standard fingering and not worry about developing your embouchure. (My experience is that the number of fingers involved doesn't matter. It's just as easy to hit a wrong note on a trombone, and that only has one thing to control. You rely on the feel, not figuring one finger at a time.) Any instrument has its peculiarities. The piano is difficult because the player is expected to play so many notes in a short time, the trumpet because the embouchure requires both athleticism and finesse, the recorder for multiple sets of fingering. But you master that and move into the artistry, which transcends the technical details.

- Thinking back about the rejection for recorder I had at school, I realized it was actually not because of the instrument itself, nor because of how it was teached, but it had more to do with "rebellious conformism"... so, rejecting the recorder for not being rejected by the group, if it makes sense... No internet in the 80's but viral bashing was already around ;-) - Melodicas and ocarinas will still be my favorite instruments, but thanks to your videos, I bought a recorder today, just to give it a new chance decades after. I chose a tenor one, maybe not the wisest choice for beginning, but I like the sound better (which means more motivation) . I hope for a "second chance love story" ^^ - "not a real instrument" ? Where to even start... Nah, I won't (of course it's a real instrument). - "not looking professional" ? Do they mean looking "serious" ? Quite an ego-trip, if you ask me. It's music we're talking about, something that's (among other things) supposed to bring people together for a better world, not building ivory towers... - Well, bottom line, I totally love your videos and your uplifting energy 🙂

Some people said that they are traumatised when being forced to play a recorder at school, but they don’t know that being able to learn a music instrument at a young age is such a privilege. Tbh I wished I had a chance to learn the recorder when I was in elementary school 😛

Well when I first picked up the recorder I learned jingle bells in like my first hour of playing with decent clarity sooo I would describe it as easy however playing it very well and fluently takes a long time, I found out it take a lot of practice, so you can also count it hard in that way you can learning lots of small technics to elevate you skill to an extremely high level just like every other instrument. However picking it up and actually playing something half decent quickly is definitely possible which is why it’s called an easy instrument

Hi Sarah I am 82 learning how to play the recorder doing good now I have a problem with the lower holes I squeak I tried all kinds of things and I can’t get nice clear notes what am I doing wrong I enjoy listening to you very much

Hey quick question, so I play the Tin Whistle, do some of the "skills, I say that cause I'm barely above armature" I have for Tin Whistle translate to Recorder??

I oil my recorder the way you do. I viewed your video on how to do it and that's what I feel confident about and comfortable with. The fact that to this day, there are still those who soak the entire recorder, must mean that both ways are fine. There is no right or wrong. You just have to pick what you like best. Also :') I ain't going to soak my recorder for it takes too long in my personal opinion. I'm just a hobbyist with a muscle disease that is trying to enjoy a bit of 'playing' (more like fiddeling around). Fast, quick, easy are the way to go for me.