Soprano Recorder
F4 on the Soprano Recorder
Written F4 — sounds concert F5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
This is the famous forked F of baroque fingering: hole 5 opens while 6 and 7 close again below it. German-system recorders play F the simple way — hole 4 open, 5, 6 and 7 closed — so if this pattern sounds badly out of tune, check which system your instrument is. The fork makes F slightly stuffy, so keep the air moving.
About this note
This is the famous forked F of baroque fingering: hole 5 opens while 6 and 7 close again below it. German-system recorders play F the simple way — hole 4 open, 5, 6 and 7 closed — so if this pattern sounds badly out of tune, check which system your instrument is. The fork makes F slightly stuffy, so keep the air moving.
- Primary fingering: Thumb hole + Hole 1 (left index) + Hole 2 (left middle) + Hole 3 (left ring) + Hole 4 (right index) + Double hole 6 + Double hole 7
- Written pitch: F4 · Concert pitch: F5
- Sounding frequency: 698.46 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.