The Woodwind Fingering Guide - Online fingering charts for flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, recorder, tin whistle, fife, charanga flute, shakuhachi flute, uilleann pipes, and sarrusophone

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Fingering Charts in this site

Basic Fingerings
Alternate Fingerings
Quarter Tone Fingerings
Trill Fingerings
Tremolo Fingerings
Flattement Fingerings
Multiphonic Fingerings

for many sizes and models of band and orchestral woodwind instruments

Flute and Piccolo
Oboe and English Horn
Clarinet
Saxophone
Bassoon

and for several other woodwind instruments

Recorder
Tin Whistle and Fife
Charanga Flute
Irish Uilleann Pipes
Shakuhachi Flute
Sarrusophone

Future Projects

Here are some ideas being considered for future and improved fingering charts in this site. If you would be interested in helping by providing original fingerings or fingering descriptions for any of these projects, please contact Timothy Reichard.

Separating saxophone altissimo fingerings by model size (soprano vs. alto vs. tenor, etc.).
Providing descriptions of fingerings that are listed without a description.
Providing quarter-tone and multiphonic fingerings for each woodwind instrument.
Providing piccolo, clarinet, and recorder thirds tremolo fingerings.
Including ocarina and fife fingerings.

Latest Updates:

Next Update

Several fingerings submitted since March 2005.

August 25, 2005

Added a flute alternate fingering for C₈ from Marc Gamble (MG).
Added bassoon alternate fingerings for F#₅ and G₅ from Brandon Chandler (BC).
Added Boehm-system low clarinet alternate fingerings for Bb₆, C₇, C#₇, and Eb₇ from Patton Hunnicutt (PH2).

April 17, 2005

Beware of fingering chart scam: Tom Ceni of Intermusic is illegally selling copies of fingering charts from the Woodwind Fingering Guide on Ebay. More...

March 21, 2005

Added a piccolo alternate fingering for Eb₇ from Joseph Saenz (JS2).
Added six-hole fife alternate fingerings for Bb4, C5, Eb6, E6, F6, G#6, A6, Bb6, and B6 from Christopher Szpara (CS).
Added tenor saxophone alternate fingering for Eb₆ and tremolo fingering for B₅-D#₆ from Joe Helt (JH2).
Added Boehm-system clarinet alternate fingerings for Bb₅ and C₆ from Glenn Kantor (GK).
Added saxophone alternate fingerings for F₆ and F#₆ from Evan Tate (ET2).

Earlier updates...

Take a look at all the Contributors to the Woodwind Fingering Guide, from avid high school enthusiasts to professional musicians. This site welcomes and thrives upon such additions to its charts. See the Submissions page to see how you can contribute fingerings to this growing resource.

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