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NORMAL (BAROQUE) RECORDER FINGERINGS   (in F and C )


RECORDER IN F (alto, sopranino & bass)

1st OCTAVE FINGERINGS (low notes)


Note →

F

F#

G

G#

A

B b

B

C

C#

D

E b

E

LH





RH

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7





●●
●●





●●
●○





●●
○○





●○
○○





○○
○○





●●
●●





●●
○○





○○
○○

● ●

● ●
● ●
○ ○

● ●
● ●
○○ ●○
○○ ○○





○○
○○

● ●

● ●
○ ○
● ●

● ●
○ ○
○○ ●●
○○ ○○





○○
○○

 

2nd OCTAVE FINGERINGS


Note →

F

F

G

G#

A

B b

B

C

C#

D

E b

E

LH





RH

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7





○○
○○





○○
○○





○○
○○

○ ○

● ○
● ●
● ●

● ●
● ●
●● ●●
○○ ○○

ø





○○
○○

ø





●●
○○

ø





○○
○○

ø





○○
○○

ø





○○
○○

ø





○○
○○

ø ø

● ●
● ●
○ ○

● ●
● ●
●● ●●
○○ ●○

ø





○○
○○

 

3rd OCTAVE FINGERINGS (high notes)


Note →

F

Fa#

G

G#

A

B b

B

C

C#

D

LH





RH

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7

Bell

ø





○○
○○

ø ø ø ø

● ● ● ●
○ ○ ○ ○
● ● ○ ●

● ● ● ●
○ ○ ● ●
 ○○ ●● ○○ ○○
 ○○ ●● ○○ ○○

● ● ● ●

ø ø

● ●
○ ○
● ●

● ●
○ ○
●● ●●
○○ ●●

ø ø

○ ●
● ○
● ●

○ ○
● ○
●● ○○
○○ ○○

ø ø

○ ø
● ●
● ○

○ ○
● ○
●● ○○
○○ ○○

●  

ø ø

● ●
● ●
○ ○

● ○
● ●
○○ ●●
○○ ○○

● ●

ø





○○
○○

ø ø

● ●
○ ●
○ ○

● ●
○ ○
○○ ○○
○○ ○○

ø ø ø ø

● ● ● ●
○ ○ ○ ○
● ○ ● ●

○ ○ ○ ○
○ ○ ø ○
 ●● ○○ ●● ●●
 ●● ●● ○○ ○○

● ● ● ●

ø ø ø

● ● ●
○ ○ ○
● ● ●

○ ● ø
● ● ●
 ●● ●○ ○○
 ○○ ○○ ○○

 

● = closed   ○ = open    ø = partially closed
LH = left hand   RH = right hand

some 3rd octave notes require the bell to be closed (with knee or bell key).

Where several fingerings are indicated, the most appropriate for a given instrument should be used.




RECORDER IN C (soprano & tenor)

1st OCTAVE FINGERINGS (low notes)


Note →

C

C#

D

E b

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

B b

B

LH





RH

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7





●●
●●





●●
●○





●●
○○





●○
○○





○○
○○





●●
●●





●●
○○





○○
○○

● ●

● ●
● ●
○ ○

● ●
● ●
○○ ●○
○○ ○○





○○
○○

● ●

● ●
○ ○
● ●

● ●
○ ○
○○ ●●
○○ ○○





○○
○○

 

2nd OCTAVE FINGERINGS


Note →

C

C#

D

E b

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

B b

B

LH





RH

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7





○○
○○





○○
○○





○○
○○

○ ○

● ○
● ●
● ●

● ●
● ●
●● ●●
○○ ○○

ø





○○
○○

ø





●●
○○

ø





○○
○○

ø





○○
○○

ø





○○
○○

ø





○○
○○

ø ø

● ●
● ●
○ ○

● ●
● ●
●● ●●
○○ ●○

ø





○○
○○

 

3rd OCTAVE FINGERINGS (high notes)


Note →

C

C#

D

E b

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

LH





RH

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7

Bell

ø





○○
○○

ø ø ø ø

● ● ● ●
○ ○ ○ ○
● ● ○ ●

● ● ● ●
○ ○ ● ●
 ○○ ●● ○○ ○○
 ○○ ●● ○○ ○○

● ● ● ●

ø ø

● ●
○ ○
● ●

● ●
○ ○
●● ●●
○○ ●●

ø ø

○ ●
● ○
● ●

○ ○
● ○
●● ○○
○○ ○○

ø ø

○ ø
● ●
● ○

○ ○
● ○
●● ○○
○○ ○○

●  

ø ø

● ●
● ●
○ ○

● ○
● ●
○○ ●●
○○ ○○

● ●

ø





○○
○○

ø ø

● ●
○ ●
○ ○

● ●
○ ○
○○ ○○
○○ ○○

ø ø ø ø

● ● ● ●
○ ○ ○ ○
● ○ ● ●

○ ○ ○ ○
○ ○ ø ○
 ●● ○○ ●● ●●
 ●● ●● ○○ ○○

● ● ● ●

ø ø ø

● ● ●
○ ○ ○
● ● ●

○ ● ø
● ● ●
 ●● ●○ ○○
 ○○ ○○ ○○

 

● = closed   ○ = open    ø = partially closed
LH = left hand   RH = right hand

some 3rd octave notes require the bell to be closed (with knee or bell key).

Where several fingerings are indicated, the most appropriate for a given instrument should be used.


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