PHILIPPE BOLTON, RECORDER MAKER

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Medieval, pre-baroque, and baroque recorders

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Historical fingering charts
Normal (baroque) recorder fingerings
Ganassi's orginal chart

GANASSI'S NORMAL RECORDER FINGERINGS

RECORDER IN C (tenor)

FIRST OCTAVE (low notes)

Ganassi octave 1

SECOND OCTAVE

Ganassi octave 2

● = closed   ○ = open    ø = partially closed

Ganassi published several charts of recorder fingerings in 1535, in La Fontegara. Those above are a combination of the six that give the fingerings within the instrument's normal register (one octave and a sixth). Some of them differ from those given by Virdung, but are mostly fairly close..

Ganassi's high note charts Fingerings for modern Ganassi recorders

Charts for Virdung,   Ganassi,  Jambe de Fer,   Mersenne,  van Eyck,   Bismantova,  Hotteterre,   Stanesby  fingerings

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Philippe BOLTON,
22 Le Grand Portail, F-84570 VILLES-SUR-AUZON, France
TEL : +33 4 90 61 86 11

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