Piper's SongbookClassical music for recorder
21 free classical music for recorder, sorted from easiest to hardest. Start with Ode to Joy, which uses 6 notes. Each theme is the melody only, moved into a key that fits the soprano recorder. Every song has letter notes with a fingering under each note, sheet music you can play along with, and a tip for its hardest bar.
Both hands
The right hand joins for low D, E and F♯. No thumb pinch yet.
Thumb pinch
High E, F♯ and G, which need a pinched thumb hole.
Swan Lake6 notes: B, G, D′, E′, C♯′, F♯′See, the Conquering Hero Comes7 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E′, G′Spring8 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, 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♯′Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, G′, F♯′
Cross fingerings
F, G♯, B♭, low C♯ and the highest notes.
William 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♭Für Elise9 notes: B, A, C′, D′, E, E′, G♯, C, E♭′Can-Can11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, E, D, E′, G′, F, F′The Entertainer11 notes: B, A, G, C′, D′, F♯, E, D, E′, E♭, E♭′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♭′
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