Canon in D Recorder Notes
Letters and fingering pictures for soprano recorder. Starts A G F E D C.
The notes
Key: F major.
AGFEDCDE
FEDCB♭AB♭GFACB♭AFAG
FDFCB♭DCB♭AFGEF
- Dcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- B♭covered: thumb, 1, 3, 4
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Fcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- Gcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2
Key: E♭ major.
GFE♭DCB♭CD
E♭DCB♭A♭GA♭FE♭GB♭A♭GE♭GF
E♭CE♭B♭A♭CB♭A♭GE♭FDE♭
- Ccovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- E♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, half 6
- Fcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- A♭covered: thumb, 1, 2, 4, 5, half 6
- B♭covered: thumb, 1, 3, 4
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- E♭covered: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Fcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
- Gcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3
Key: G major.
BAGF♯EDEF♯
GF♯EDCBCAGBDCBGBA
GEGDCEDCBGAF♯G
- Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- Gcovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- Ccovered: thumb, 2
- Dcovered: 2
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- F♯covered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 5
- Gcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3
- Acovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 4, 5
Key: E major.
G♯F♯ED♯C♯BC♯D♯
ED♯C♯BAG♯AF♯EG♯BAG♯EG♯F♯
EC♯EBAC♯BAG♯EF♯D♯E
- C♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, half 7
- Ecovered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- F♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
- G♯covered: thumb, 1, 2, 4, 5, half 6
- Acovered: thumb, 1, 2
- Bcovered: thumb, 1
- C♯covered: 1, 2
- D♯covered: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Ecovered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- F♯covered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 3, 5
- G♯covered: thumb (pinched), 1, 2, 4
Staff notation
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About this song
- Melody
- Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), 1919
- Public domain
- Melody 1919, melody only: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Pachelbel, Canon and Gigue in D major, P. 37, first violin (first published 1919), scans on IMSLP (1919)