Ever needed a recorder fingering chart because you lost the one that came with your recorder?
My six-year-old daughter had been asking to learn to play the recorder, so we pulled out my husband’s old recorder, dusted it off, and let her practice on it. But when I checked online to find a good fingering chart to print off for her, I only found ones that were either interactive (i.e. not printable), too simple (only the natural notes), too complicated (multiple fingerings for each note), or too many pages.
So, as I’ve often done before, I decided to make my own.
Some Caveats About the Chart
The chart I designed does not include every fingering possible for each pitch; nor does it include all the notes that can be played on a standard recorder (it covers only the octave and a half from middle C up), but it was all my daughter needed at the time.
Additionally, the fingerings I chose may not necessarily be “official” since I used the fingerings that would work best for her little fingers and still produce a good pitch. But if you know me, I like to buck the system a bit, so if the fingering works, why not use it. Right?