Recorder by Heart

Individual note guide

C-sharp / D-flat recorder fingering

See exactly which holes to cover on a soprano recorder. This fingering is written as C#4 / D♭4 and sounds as C#5 / D♭5.

Baroque and German

C-sharp / D-flat fingering

Thumb + holes 1–7

  1. Cover the back thumb hole.
  2. Cover left-hand holes 1, 2 and 3.
  3. Cover right-hand holes 4, 5 and 6.
  4. Leave right-hand hole 7 half-open.

Fingering patterns are checked against established resources from the American Recorder Society and Yamaha.