C♯6 on the Soprano Recorder
To play C♯6 on recorder: Left hand: half thumb, 1, 3 · Right hand: 4, 5, half of 7.
Play along: hear the note for 2 beats, then you play it for 2.
- Thumb hole (half covered)
- Hole 1 (left index)
- Hole 3 (left ring)
- Hole 4 (right index)
- Hole 5 (right middle)
- Double hole 7 (half covered)
Other standard charts, including the American Recorder Society's, instead give thumb, 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 with the bell closed against the knee — a technique this diagram cannot show.
Other standard charts, including the American Recorder Society's, instead give thumb, 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 with the bell closed against the knee — a technique this diagram cannot show.
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About this note
C♯6 is written C♯6 and sounds concert C♯7.
Pinched thumb with holes 1, 3, 4, 5 and half of double hole 7, following Yamaha's baroque chart. Other standard charts, including the American Recorder Society's, instead give thumb, 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7 with the bell closed against the knee — a technique this diagram cannot show. This is the least reliable note on a soprano recorder, so expect to experiment on your own instrument.
- Primary fingering: Thumb hole (half) + Hole 1 (left index) + Hole 3 (left ring) + Hole 4 (right index) + Hole 5 (right middle) + Double hole 7 (half)
- Written pitch: C♯6 · Concert pitch: C♯7
- Sounding frequency: 2217.46 Hz
What to press, key by key
- Thumb hole (half covered)
- Hole 1 (left index)
- Hole 3 (left ring)
- Hole 4 (right index)
- Hole 5 (right middle)
- Double hole 7 (half covered)
Questions
How do you play C♯6 on recorder?
To play C♯6 on recorder: Left hand: half thumb, 1, 3 · Right hand: 4, 5, half of 7. C♯6 is written C♯6 and sounds concert C♯7. Press: Thumb hole (half covered), Hole 1 (left index), Hole 3 (left ring), Hole 4 (right index), Hole 5 (right middle), Double hole 7 (half covered).
Is C♯6 written or concert pitch?
The name on this page is the written note you read. On C recorder it sounds concert C♯7.
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.