Piper's SongbookEasy recorder songs with letter notes
103 free recorder songs for beginners, sorted from easiest to hardest. Each one has the letter notes with a fingering diagram under every note, sheet music you can play along with, and tips for the tricky bars. Start with Hot Cross Buns, which use only B, A and G.
By type: Christmas recorder songs · Nursery rhymes and children's songs · Classical music · Folk songs · Anthems and patriotic songs · Medieval and Renaissance music · Hymns
1. First three notes
Songs that use only B, A and G.
2. Left hand only
B, A and G plus high C and high D. Your right hand only steadies the recorder.
3. Both hands
The right hand joins for low D, E and F♯. No thumb pinch yet.
Ring Around the Rosie4 notes: B, A, F♯, DTaps4 notes: B, G, D′, DHush, Little Baby5 notes: B, A, G, C′, DOld MacDonald Had a Farm5 notes: B, A, G, E, DAmazing Grace6 notes: B, A, G, D′, E, DAu Clair de la Lune6 notes: B, A, G, F♯, E, DJolly Old Saint Nicholas6 notes: B, A, G, F♯, E, DLondon Bridge Is Falling Down6 notes: B, A, G, F♯, E, DMolly Malone6 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, DOde to Joy6 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, DPastime with Good Company6 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯Pop Goes the Weasel6 notes: B, A, G, F♯, E, DRow, Row, Row Your Boat6 notes: A, G, D′, F♯, E, DSkip to My Lou6 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯Swing Low, Sweet Chariot6 notes: B, A, G, D′, E, DThe Itsy Bitsy Spider6 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, DThe Muffin Man6 notes: B, A, G, F♯, E, DThis Old Man6 notes: B, A, G, F♯, E, DTwinkle Twinkle Little Star6 notes: B, A, G, F♯, E, DUp on the Housetop6 notes: B, A, G, F♯, E, DBingo7 notes: B, A, G, C′, F♯, E, DOh My Darling, Clementine7 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, DWe Wish You a Merry Christmas7 notes: B, A, G, C′, F♯, E, DWhiskey in the Jar7 notes: B, A, D′, F♯, E, D, C♯′Yankee Doodle7 notes: B, A, G, C′, F♯, E, DBrahms' Lullaby8 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, D, C♯′Bridal Chorus8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DDing Dong! Merrily on High8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DEine kleine Nachtmusik8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DGood King Wenceslas8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DHappy Birthday to You8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DHickory Dickory Dock8 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, D, C♯′Home on the Range8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DJoy to the World8 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, D, C♯′O Come, All Ye Faithful8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DRed River Valley8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DSimple Gifts8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DThe First Noel8 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, D, C♯′Three Blind Mice8 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, D, C♯′Tourdion8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, DWe Three Kings8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D
4. Thumb pinch
High E, F♯ and G, which need a pinched thumb hole.
Oh! Susanna6 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E′Swan Lake6 notes: B, G, D′, E′, C♯′, F♯′Angels We Have Heard on High7 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, D, E′Auld Lang Syne7 notes: B, A, G, D′, E, D, E′Frère Jacques7 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, D, E′God Save the King7 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E′Sakura Sakura7 notes: B, G, C′, F♯, E′, G′, F♯′See, the Conquering Hero Comes7 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E′, G′Ai vis lo lop8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′Battle Hymn of the Republic8 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E′, C♯′, F♯′Carol of the Bells8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′La Morisque8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, D, E′Loch Lomond8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E, D, E′Morning Has Broken8 notes: B, A, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, C♯′O Christmas Tree8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, D, E′Sellenger's Round8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′Soon May the Wellerman Come8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′Spring8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, D, E′The Irish Washerwoman8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E, D, E′The Twelve Days of Christmas8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, D, E′Away in a Manger9 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′Drunken Sailor9 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, C♯′God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen9 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′Hark! The Herald Angels Sing9 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′La Cucaracha9 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′Minuet in G9 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E′, G′, F♯′New World Symphony: Largo9 notes: B, A, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, C♯′, F♯′Rock-a-bye Baby9 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E′, G′, C♯′, F♯′Shenandoah9 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, D, E′, G′, F♯′Deck the Halls10 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E′, G′, C♯′, F♯′Humpty Dumpty10 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, E′, G′, C♯′, F♯′Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, G′, F♯′Silent Night11 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, G′, C♯′, F♯′
5. Cross fingerings
F, G♯, B♭, low C♯ and the highest notes.
Gaudete7 notes: B, A, G, C′, E, D, FRonde "Mon Amy"7 notes: B, A, G, C′, E, D, FWilliam Tell Overture7 notes: B, G, C′, D′, E′, G′, F′Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy8 notes: B, A, G, C′, F♯, E, F, G♯Morning Mood8 notes: B, A, F♯, E, D, C♯′, G♯, B♭Belle qui tiens ma vie9 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′, G♯Für Elise9 notes: B, A, C′, D′, E, E′, G♯, C, E♭′Sumer Is Icumen In9 notes: B, A, G, D′, F♯, E, D, C♯′, C♯America the Beautiful10 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E, D, E′, C♯′, FCan-Can11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E, D, E′, G′, F, F′Greensleeves11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′, G′, G♯, F♯′La Marseillaise11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, F, B♭O Canada11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E′, G′, C♯′, F♯′, E♭′The Entertainer11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, E♭, E♭′The Star-Spangled Banner11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′, G′, F′, CDanny Boy12 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′, G′, F♯′, A′, B′In the Hall of the Mountain King12 notes: A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, G′, C♯′, G♯, B♭, F′Pachelbel's Canon12 notes: A, G, C′, D′, D, E′, G′, F, B♭, F′, A′, C″Rondeau from Abdelazer12 notes: A, C′, D′, D, E′, G′, C♯′, F, B♭, F′, A′, B♭′Toreador Song12 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E, D, E′, F, G♯, B♭, CWedding March12 notes: G, C′, D′, E, E′, G′, F♯′, F′, A′, C, B′, C″Turkish March14 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, E′, G′, C♯′, F♯′, B♭, E♭, E♭′