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Alternate Fingering Chart for Recorder

Second Octave: C₅ to B₅ / F₅ to E₆

This fingering chart includes both basic fingerings and alternatives that are more appropriate in some passages. Some alternate fingerings are designed for fast passages, while others modify the tone, color, or pitch at normal and extreme dynamic levels. The fingerings apply to all sizes (sopranino, soprano, treble/alto, tenor, bass, and great bass) of both English and German recorders unless specified otherwise. Note that the fingerings apply to the lower set of notes for C instruments (soprano, tenor, and great bass) and to the upper set of notes for F instruments (sopranino, treble/alto, and bass).

 

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Note (C/F)	Written	Fingering		Description	Src.
C5/F5		T -2-|----		Basic.
		123|----
		T --3|4-6-		Use in combination with similar fingering for Bb4/Eb5.
		T --3|4---		Use in combination with similar fingering for Bb4/Eb5.
		T -2-|-56-
C#5/F#5		12-|----		Basic.
		T ---|----		Use in combination with C5/F5.
		-23|4---
		1-3|4---
		1-3|-56-
		t 123|4567
D5/G5		-2-|----		Basic.
		123|4567
		--3|4---		Use in combination with standard fingering for Bb4/Eb5.
		--3|4-6-		Use in combination with similar fingering for Bb4/Eb5.	EM
		t 123|4567
Eb5/Ab5		-23|456-		Basic.
		123|456-
		t 123|456-
E5/A5		t 123|45--		Basic.
		123|4-67
		-23|45--
		123|45--
F5/Bb5		t 123|4-6-		Basic for English models.
		t 123|4---		Basic for German models.
		t 123|4-6-
		-23|4-6–			JW2
F#5/B5		t 123|-5--		Basic for English models.
		t 123|-5-7		Basic for German models.
		t 123|½5--		For German models.
		t 123|--6-		For German models.
G5/C6		t 123|----		Basic.
		t 123|4567
Ab5/C#6		t 12-|4---		Basic.
		t 123|-567
A5/D6		t 12-|----		Basic.
Bb5/Eb6		t 12-|456-		Basic.
		t 12-|4567
		t 12-|456-
		t 12-|--67
B5/E6		t 12-|45--		Basic.
		t 1--|----
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Special thanks to Nicholas Lander for providing many of the recorder fingerings found in this site.  Many fingerings are from his article, Fingering the Recorder, which can be found in his Recorder Home Page.