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How to play F on the recorder
The fingering for F on a soprano (descant) recorder, with baroque fingering: Baroque: left thumb and holes 1, 2 and 3, the right pointer finger on hole 4, hole 5 open, and the right ring and little fingers on holes 6 and 7. German: the thumb and holes 1 to 4 only.
This note is fingered differently on German-fingering recorders: choose your recorder's fingering to see it.
Thumb hole covered, holes 1 2 3 4 6 7 covered Thumb hole covered, holes 1 2 3 4 covered
How to play it
- On a baroque recorder F is a "forked" fingering: an open hole (5) between covered ones.
- On a German recorder F is simple: from G, just add your right pointer finger on hole 4. Set the chart to your recorder's fingering.
Why it squeaks or sounds wrong
- The German fingering on a baroque recorder gives an F that's too high (and the other way round): check which system your recorder uses.
- If it squeaks, check holes 6 and 7: the little finger has to seal its hole fully.
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Songs with F
- All My Little Ducklings (Alle meine Entchen)low C, low D, low E, F, G, A
- Go Tell Aunt RhodyF, G, A, B♭, high C
- Silent Nightlow C, low D, low E, F, G, A, B, high C, high D, high E, high F
Other recorder notes
low C · low C# · low D · low E♭ · low E · F# · G · G# · A · B♭ · B · high C · high C# · high D · high E♭ · high E · high F · high F# · high G · high G# · high A · high B♭ · high B · top C · top D