Individual note guide

High E-flat / D-sharp recorder fingering

See exactly which holes to cover on a soprano recorder. This fingering is written as D#5 / E♭5 and sounds as D#6 / E♭6.

Baroque and German

High E-flat / D-sharp fingering

Holes 2–6

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

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