PHILIPPE BOLTON

HANDMADE RECORDERS & FLAGEOLETS


GANASSI'S NORMAL RECORDER FINGERINGS

RECORDER IN C (tenor)

FIRST OCTAVE (low notes)

Ganassi octave 1


DEUXIEME OCTAVE

Ganassi octave 2

● = closed   ○ = open    ø = partially closed

Ganassi published several charts of recorder fingerings in 1535, in La Fontegara. Those above are a combination of the six that give the fingerings within the instrument's normal register (one octave and a sixth). Some of them differ from those given by Virdung, but are mostly fairly close..





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