What’s on the Recorder Fingering poster
A 8-row table: Note · Thumb + left · Right.
Descant (soprano) in C, baroque fingering. ● covered, ○ open, from the thumb down.
- C (low) — ● ● ● ● — ● ● ● ●
- D — ● ● ● ● — ● ● ● ○
- E — ● ● ● ● — ● ● ○ ○
- F — ● ● ● ● — ● ○ ● ●
- G — ● ● ● ● — ○ ○ ○ ○
- A — ● ● ● ○ — ○ ○ ○ ○
- B — ● ● ○ ○ — ○ ○ ○ ○
- C (high) — ● ○ ● ○ — ○ ○ ○ ○
For the octave above, pinch the thumb hole half open. That pinch is the whole second register.
Questions about the Recorder Fingering poster
- What’s on the Recorder Fingering poster?
- A 8-row table: Note · Thumb + left · Right. Descant (soprano) in C, baroque fingering. ● covered, ○ open, from the thumb down. C (low) — ● ● ● ● — ● ● ● ●; D — ● ● ● ● — ● ● ● ○; E — ● ● ● ● — ● ● ○ ○; F — ● ● ● ● — ● ○ ● ●; G — ● ● ● ● — ○ ○ ○ ○; A — ● ● ● ○ — ○ ○ ○ ○; B — ● ● ○ ○ — ○ ○ ○ ○; C (high) — ● ○ ● ○ — ○ ○ ○ ○. For the octave above, pinch the thumb hole half open. That pinch is the whole second register.
- Who is the Recorder Fingering poster for?
- Recorder Fingering belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning instruments can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Recorder Fingering poster?
- Cover completely or not at all. Almost every squeak is a partly covered hole. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Recorder Fingering belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Recorder Fingering?
- Bass Guitar, The Brass Family and Cello Basics sit alongside Recorder Fingering in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bass GuitarThe Brass FamilyCello Basics
- Is the Recorder Fingering poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Recorder Fingering downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Recorder Fingering poster print at?
- Recorder Fingering is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Recorder Fingering loses nothing.Printing guide
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