Individual note guide

E recorder fingering

See exactly which holes to cover on a soprano recorder. This fingering is written as E4 and sounds as E5.

Baroque and German

E fingering

Thumb + holes 1–5

  1. Cover the back thumb hole.
  2. Cover left-hand holes 1, 2 and 3.
  3. Cover right-hand holes 4 and 5.
  4. Keep the remaining finger holes open.

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