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We provide two standard fingering charts
- the first for recorders in C (garklein, descant/soprano, tenor, great bass)
- the second for recorders in F (sopranino, treble/alto, bass, contrabass)
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These fingerings are what are called standard 'baroque' or 'English' fingerings, the fingerings you should try first on any recorder that is not described as having 'German' or 'historical' fingering. On some models you may need to add extra fingers where the recommended fingerings is too sharp. One common finger adjustment is the covering of hole 7a and 7b for top D on recorders in C or top G on recorders in F
We have provided recommended fingerings for a chromatic range of almost three and a half octaves. This range should not be considered standard for all sizes or makes of recorder. It is usual to expect that a recorder should be capable of playing a fully chromatic range of two octaves and two semitones, that is, up to D in the third octave on a recorder in C, up to G in the third octave on a recorder in F

Key:
- the holes are number from top to bottom - 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
- a indicates the semitone half-hole for the double holes at 6 and 7
- 0 is a closed thumbhole and x is a pinched thumbhole
- close indicates that the bottom of the recorder should be closed

Fingering for recorders in C (garklein, descant/soprano, tenor, great bass)
		Fingering in text format
Note name	Octave	Thumb	Top Left	Middle Left	Bottom Left	Top Right	Up-Middle Right	Low-Middle Right		Bottom Right		Bell
C	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6a	6b	7a	7b
C sharp D flat	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6a	6b	7a
D	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6a	6b
D sharp E flat	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6a
E	1	0	1	2	3	4	5
F	1	0	1	2	3	4		6a	6b	7a	7b
F sharp G flat	1	0	1	2	3		5	6a	6b
G	1	0	1	2	3
G sharp A flat	1	0	1	2		4	5	6a
A	1	0	1	2
A sharp B flat	1	0	1		3	4
B	1	0	1
alternative B	1	0		2	3
C	2	0		2
C sharp D flat	2		1	2
D	2			2
alternative D	2		1	2	3	4	5	6a	6b	7a	7b
D sharp E flat	2			2	3	4	5	6a	6b
E	2	x	1	2	3	4	5
F	2	x	1	2	3	4		6a	6b
F sharp G flat	2	x	1	2	3		5
G	2	x	1	2	3
G sharp A flat	2	x	1	2		4
A	2	x	1	2
A sharp B flat	2	x	1	2			5	6a	6b
B	2	x	1	2		4	5
C	3	x	1			4	5
C sharp D flat	3	x	1		3	4		6a	6b			close
D	3	x	1		3	4		6a	6b
D sharp E flat	3	x		2	3		5	6a	6b
E	3	x		2	3		5	6a	6b			close
F	3	x	1	2		4	5					close
F sharp G flat	3	x	1	2		4	5
G	3	x	1			4

Fingering for recorders in F (sopranino, treble/alto, bass, contrabass)
		Fingering in text format
Note name	Octave	Thumb	Top Left	Middle Left	Bottom Left	Top Right	Up-Middle Right	Low-Middle Right		Bottom Right		Bell
F	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6a	6b	7a	7b
F sharp G flat	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6a	6b	7a
G	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6a	6b
G sharp A flat	1	0	1	2	3	4	5	6a
A	1	0	1	2	3	4	5
A sharp B flat	1	0	1	2	3	4		6a	6b	7a	7b
B	1	0	1	2	3		5	6a	6b
C	1	0	1	2	3
C sharp D flat	1	0	1	2		4	5	6a
D	1	0	1	2
D sharp E flat	1	0	1		3	4
E	1	0	1
alternative E	1	0		2	3
F	2	0		2
F sharp G flat	2		1	2
G	2			2
alternative G	2		1	2	3	4	5	6a	6b	7a	7b
G sharp A flat	2			2	3	4	5	6a	6b
A	2	x	1	2	3	4	5
A sharp B flat	2	x	1	2	3	4		6a	6b
B	2	x	1	2	3		5
C	2	x	1	2	3
C sharp D flat	2	x	1	2		4
D	2	x	1	2
D sharp E flat	2	x	1	2			5	6a	6b
E	2	x	1	2		4	5
F	3	x	1			4	5
F sharp G flat	3	x	1		3	4		6a	6b			close
G	3	x	1		3	4		6a	6b
G sharp A flat	3	x		2	3		5	6a	6b
A	3	x		2	3		5	6a	6b			close
A sharp B flat	3	x	1	2		4	5					close
B	3	x	1	2		4	5
C	3	x	1			4