Individual note guide

E-flat / D-sharp recorder fingering

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

Baroque and German

E-flat / D-sharp fingering

Thumb + holes 1–6

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

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