Eight-hole recorder fingering chart

The left hand is on top and the right hand is on bottom. The thumb of the left hand blocks the back hole of the recorder - also called the treble hole or zero hole.

The names of the sound holes on the front of the recorder from top to bottom are holes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 respectively. Block the 1, 2, and 3 holes of the recorder with the second, third, and fourth fingers of your left hand (note that the little finger of your left hand naturally stops above the recorder, and do not place it on the lower side of the recorder to avoid affecting the second, third, and fourth fingers of your left hand) (flexibility), place the big finger of the right hand on the underside of the recorder to stabilize the recorder, and use the remaining fingers to seal the remaining sound holes of the recorder in turn.

When sealing the sound hole of the recorder with your fingers, you should use the fingertips to seal the sound hole so that the sound hole can be closed tightly. The thumb of your left hand should be used to close the sound hole close to the fingertip. hole to facilitate the opening and closing of the treble hole.

Extended information:

The mouth shape of the recorder

1. To form a good mouth shape, you should first maintain the natural shape of the neck, throat and mouth. Relax, with your lips naturally touching your teeth and your upper lip slightly forward. Then, hold your mouth together and recite the "hū" sound (the vocal cords do not vibrate), causing the throat cavity and mouth to naturally relax and open (in a state of containing air), and the cheeks, corners of the mouth, and upper and lower lip muscles to naturally draw in toward the middle, directly causing the air to pass between the upper and lower lips. The oval "wind gate".

2. Gently place the middle of the lower lip against the blow hole, cover about 1/4 of the blow hole, and exhale the breath through the "wind gate" so that the oral air flows downward into the blow hole, which affects the pronunciation of the flute.

3. After clarifying the basic formation of the mouth shape, you must also pay attention to the angle between the mouth shape and the blow hole, so that the lips and the blow hole form a 90-degree right angle, so that the breath can flow unobstructed, fill the flute, and minimize air leakage. Strive to make the flute sound pure and round. During the mouth shape formation practice, you should always pay attention to keeping the throat, mouth, and tongue naturally relaxed, and use the "hū" sound to guide and maintain the mouth shape.