Individual note guide

High A recorder fingering

See exactly which holes to cover on a soprano recorder. This fingering is written as A5 and sounds as A6.

Baroque and German

High A fingering

Half thumb + holes 1–2

  1. Keep the back thumb hole pinched (leave about 1/4 open).
  2. Cover left-hand holes 1 and 2.
  3. Keep the remaining finger holes open.

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