is the clarinet fingering the same for the recorder?

Answer 1

Sort of!! The places where the holes are on the recorder are the same as the clarinet BUT they produce completely different notes!E.g If you put all your fingers down on the recorder you would get a completely different note then the Clarinet. Clarinet is a long instrument (duh) and so the sound would be lower! But recorder is a good start for children who have small hands and cant get reach the keys of a full size instrument ! Esp kids who want to plau Flute or/and Clarinet

Answer 2

in a way, yes. The sounding pitch of the instruments is different but you probably don't care about that part at this point.

In the lower octave of the clarinet, putting down all of your fingers will give you a written F (if you use that pinky key) -- and on an alto or bass recorder, putting down all of your fingers will give you an F. As you lift each finger, you climb the scale to G, A, Bb, C, D, E, .... recorder = clarinet ♥

In the upper octave of the clarinet, putting down all of your fingers will give you a written C (if you use that pinky key) and on the soprano and tenor recorder, putting down all of your fingers will give you a C. As you lift each finger, you climb the scale to D, E, F, G, A, B, .... recorder = clarinet (and sax and flute and oboe) ♥

[a note: when we play sax or clarinet, the key of the instrument doesn't change how we finger a note. We finger C on soprano and alto clarinet the same way. On recorder, there is a different set of fingerings for the different keys of recorder. ]

So in a way, the recorder and clarinet are the same (as is the flute, sax, oboe, and bassoon). There are some variations with each particularly with chromatic playing but the basic is that they all relate the same way mathematically. Recorders don't have keys so playing chromatics gets into some cross fingering - but it's also very similar in that we simply close a lower hole to flatten a note.

Note that the soprano and tenor are in C and the alto and bass are in F. Your clarinet is in Bb. The key of the instrument isn't effecting the written note played here - only the sounding pitch.

Those who would disagree - just look at a couple fingering charts and see. It's really cool because it makes learning both sets of recorder fingerings a snap for clarinet players while sax and flute players have to learn a new set for the alto and bass. ☺ It also makes it much easier for clarinet players to double on sax and flute.

Answer 3

No. Sax, flute and oboe are more-or-less the same as recorder. These instruments also overblow to the octave. That means that if you overblow an F on flute (or half-thumb hole an F on recorder, or use the octave key with F on oboe) you get the same note one octave higher.

The clarinet higher register notes are similar to recorder, but the clarinet doesn't over blow to an octave, but a twelfth. The high G fingering (just above the 5th line of the staff) on clarinet, when played without the higher-register key, is the same as C on the first ledger line below the staff.

Answer 4

Yes and no. Not the same notes (they're in different keys) but the way they're fingered is very close. I played recorder for a while and was able to transfer some of the skills to clarinet.

Answer 5

Recorder Fingerings

Answer 6

No it is not. Soprano and tenor recorders are in the F major key and alto & bass recorders are in the C major key. Clarinets are on Bb major key.

Answer 7

No, not at all, but if you really want to learn it's very easy to get a hold of a beginners book that will show you the keys, then if you learn that, you can play the oboe once you figure out the double reed!!

Answer 8

no, it has different notes 2it.