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In the Hall of the Mountain King Recorder Notes

Letters and fingering pictures for soprano recorder. Starts D E F G A F.

Key
D minor
Range
D4–D5
Length
26 notes
Melody
1888, public domain

The notes

Key: D minor.

DEFGAFAA♭EA♭GE♭GDEFGAFADCAFAC

Baroque (English) fingering: filled = covered, open = open, half = cover the small hole only. Chart from the American Recorder Society.
  • Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • E♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, half 6
  • Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
  • Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
  • A♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 4, 5, half 6
  • Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
  • Ccovered: thumb, 2
  • Dcovered: 2
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Staff notation

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About this song

Melody
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), 1888
Public domain
Melody 1888, melody only: first published before 1931.
Source
Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, No. 4 (first edition, C. F. Peters, 1888), scans on IMSLP (1888)

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