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How to play high C# on the recorder
The fingering for high C# on a soprano (descant) recorder, with baroque fingering: Thumb hole open, and the left pointer and middle fingers on holes 1 and 2. Every other hole is open.
high C#
Thumb hole open, holes 1 2 covered
How to play it
- High C# (C sharp) is high D with one more finger: lift the thumb off the back hole as for high D, and put your pointer finger down on hole 1.
- It's the same on baroque and German recorders. It shows up in songs in D major, just below high D.
Why it squeaks or sounds wrong
- If you hear A, the thumb is still covering the back hole: lift it.
- If you hear high D, hole 1 isn't covered.
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Songs with high C#
Other recorder notes
low C · low C# · low D · low E♭ · low E · F · F# · G · G# · A · B♭ · B · 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