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How to play high F on the recorder
The fingering for high F on a soprano (descant) recorder, with baroque fingering: Baroque: thumb pinched (half open), holes 1, 2 and 3, the right pointer finger on hole 4, hole 5 open, and the right ring finger on hole 6. German: thumb pinched 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 half covered (pinched), holes 1 2 3 4 6 covered Thumb hole half covered (pinched), holes 1 2 3 4 covered
How to play it
- High F is a forked fingering with a pinched thumb. From high E, lift your right middle finger (hole 5) and put your right ring finger down on hole 6.
- On a German recorder it's simpler: from high E, just lift your right middle finger. Set the chart to your recorder's fingering.
Why it squeaks or sounds wrong
- If you hear low F, the thumb is covering the whole hole: pinch it to open a small gap at the top.
- If it sounds like high E, hole 5 is still covered.
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Songs with high F
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low C · low C# · low D · low E♭ · low E · F · F# · G · G# · A · B♭ · B · high C · high C# · high D · high E♭ · high E · high F# · high G · high G# · high A · high B♭ · high B · top C · top D