Philippe Bolton, Recorder Maker - Charts for van Eyck's Recorder Fingerings

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BLANKENBURGH RECORDER FINGERINGS

This chart contains the fingerings described by Blankenburgh in his text bound with van Eyck's FlUYTEN LUST-HOF.They differ from other 17th century fingering charts by the use of half holes instead of some fork fingerings, and by the distinction made between certain sharps and flats. The fingering for high b is similar to the one given by Ganassi, but high c is as in Mersenne.

RECORDER IN C

1st OCTAVE FINGERINGS (low notes)

Note

Hole

C

C#

D

D#

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A#

B b

B

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7

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ø
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2nd OCTAVE FINGERINGS

Note

Hole

C

C#

D b

D

D#

E b

E

F

F#

G

G#

A

A#

B b

B

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7

●

○
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○
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○
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○

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ø

●
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●
ø
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ø

●
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●

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●
ø
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ø

●
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●
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ø

●
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●
ø
○
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ø

●
●
●

ø
○
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ø

●
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●

○
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ø

●
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ø

○
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ø

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ø

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ø
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ø

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ø

●
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3rd OCTAVE FINGERINGS (highest notes)

Note

Hole

C

D

Thumb

1
2
3

4
5
6
7

ø

●
○
○

●
●
○
○

ø

○
○
●

●
○
○
○

● = closed ○ = open ø = partially closed

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