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How to play high F# on the recorder
The fingering for high F# on a soprano (descant) recorder, with baroque fingering: Baroque: thumb pinched (half open), holes 1, 2 and 3, hole 4 open, and the right middle finger on hole 5. German: thumb pinched, holes 1, 2 and 3, hole 4 open, hole 5 covered, hole 6 open and hole 7 covered.
This note is fingered differently on German-fingering recorders: choose your recorder's fingering to see it.
Thumb hole half covered (pinched), holes 1 2 3 5 covered Thumb hole half covered (pinched), holes 1 2 3 5 7 covered
How to play it
- High F# (F sharp) is high G with one more finger: keep the pinched thumb and holes 1, 2 and 3, and add your right middle finger on hole 5.
- On a German recorder, add the right middle and little fingers (holes 5 and 7), leaving hole 6 open. Set the chart to your recorder's fingering.
Why it squeaks or sounds wrong
- If you hear high G, hole 5 isn't fully covered.
- If you hear a low note, the thumb is closing the whole hole: open a small gap at the top.
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Songs with high F#
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low C · low C# · low D · low E♭ · low E · F · F# · G · G# · A · B♭ · B · high C · high C# · high D · high E♭ · high E · high F · high G · high G# · high A · high B♭ · high B · top C · top D