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Ciranda, Cirandinha (Little Circle Dance) on the recorder
It uses 7 notes: low D, G, B, high D, high C, A, F#. A little challenge.
Practice it in Recorder HeroThe notes
Longer blocks are longer notes; a line marks each bar.
Sheet music
The same song in standard notation, with each note's name under it.
The notes as letters
D G G B B D' D' C' B A D' B A G B D' C' B A G F# D C' A B G A F# G D D G G B B D' D' C' B A D' B A G B D' C' B A G F# D C' A B G A F# G
C' and D' are the high C and high D. All for a soprano (descant) recorder, with baroque (English) fingering.
Fingerings
Tap Play to hear a note; tap a fingering card to see how to play it. Filled holes are covered. The left hand is on top (thumb behind, holes 1–3), the right hand below (holes 4–7).
Tips
- Say "doo" into the recorder for each note: the tongue starts every note, so repeated notes sound separate.
- Blow gently, like cooling soup. Too much air makes a squeak an octave up.
- Cover the holes with the soft pads of your fingers, not the tips, so no air leaks out.
- Low D needs the gentlest breath of all, and every hole sealed: if it squeaks, check your bottom fingers first.
- F# is a "forked" fingering: cover the thumb and holes 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6, leaving hole 4 open. On a German-fingering recorder, F# is played with the thumb and holes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7, leaving hole 4 open.
- High D has the thumb hole open and only hole 2 covered: just your left middle finger holds it.
- For high C, lift your first finger (hole 1) and keep the thumb and hole 2 covered.
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