Learning my recorder has not been a smooth sail. I have been working on learning how to play my recorder about 20 minutes, four times a week. I have labeled the notes on my piece of music just to help me learn them. When I become more familiar with the notes, I will erase the letters. I have watched videos and looked at pictures on Google to learn how to play each note. I am still finding it very challenging to play the notes that involve more holes being covered. I am also finding it hard to play/learn the entire piece of music so I have split the piece of music into 4 different sections.

I have started to do less note studying and more playing of my recorder and I have run into some troubles. I was practicing and out of nowhere I was unable to get any sound out of my recorder, even without any holes covered except for the back one. I continued to play the piece of music with no sound to work on my finger positioning. I became very frustrated and had to take a break. A few hours later I returned and tried to play my recorder again and I got some noise out but not as much as I should. I originally thought it had something to do with too much moisture inside the recorder but I have no way of taking it apart because it is wooden and is only one piece. After leaving the recorder for a few hours and coming back and it still not working I have come to the conclusion that I will get a new recorder. Learning the notes and an instrument is already challenging for me and I do not need the extra stress and challenges of my instrument not working. Having to go and buy a new recorder may make me fall behind on my growth plan but I will work hard to catch up.