Hello all… I had been happily playing whistles for awhile. I wasn’t playing to try and be in sessions or with any other groups but purely for my own enjoyment. After about a year of playing, I decided to switch to playing the Recorder. I reasoned that since I only play from sheet music (It’s not a crutch, I just enjoy it) 
That if I could play in more keys with a more chromatic instrument, I could play a wider variety of tunes.
Well, after 7 months now, I found myself playing the recorder about as well as I had played the whistle. But something was missing however. Even though I was playing mostly the same type Aires, Ballads and Waltses that I had with the whistle, it seemed as though the ‘spark’ or enthusiasm just wasn’t there. Now the Recorder is a fine instrument, don’t get me wrong, but “Southwind” or “Suil a ruin” just seems “not right” on that instrument…
I’m also happy to still see this board doing well. Now I just need to remember how to get a clean tone out of this simple, wonderfull little tube with holes… and learn to half hole the sharps and flats while I’m at it.
Welcome back, Dream. I’ve had the same experience with the recorder. When I play popular tunes or American folk music, they sound just fine on the recorder. Irish tunes just seem to require a whistle however!