Soprano Recorder
A♭4 on the Soprano Recorder
Written A♭4 — sounds concert A♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
An awkward cross-fingering: hole 3 opens while 4, 5 and half of double hole 6 close beneath it. Because the right hand carries most of the tube, Ab is easy to play flat — take it slightly warmer than G. It is the least-used note in the bottom register of most school books.
About this note
An awkward cross-fingering: hole 3 opens while 4, 5 and half of double hole 6 close beneath it. Because the right hand carries most of the tube, Ab is easy to play flat — take it slightly warmer than G. It is the least-used note in the bottom register of most school books.
- Primary fingering: Thumb hole + Hole 1 (left index) + Hole 2 (left middle) + Hole 4 (right index) + Hole 5 (right middle) + Double hole 6 (half)
- Written pitch: A♭4 · Concert pitch: A♭5
- Sounding frequency: 830.61 Hz
Soprano Recorder fingering data last updated . Every diagram here, in the printable PDF and in the chart image comes from one dataset, so the paper and the screen cannot disagree.