Soprano Recorder
B4 on the Soprano Recorder
Written B4 — sounds concert B5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B4
Concert B5Beginner note
Thumb plus the left index finger — the classic first note of the school sequence. Blow softly: with so little tube closed, B is the easiest low note to overblow into the second register.
About this note
Thumb plus the left index finger — the classic first note of the school sequence. Blow softly: with so little tube closed, B is the easiest low note to overblow into the second register.
- Primary fingering: Thumb hole + Hole 1 (left index)
- Written pitch: B4 · Concert pitch: B5
- Sounding frequency: 987.77 Hz
Alternate fingerings for B4
- Thumb + holes 2 and 3: Thumb hole + Hole 2 (left middle) + Hole 3 (left ring). Yamaha's baroque chart lists this alongside the standard grip; it frees the index finger and can be smoother in a line that keeps returning to A or C.
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.