Silent Night recorder notes
Complete melody · Intermediate · C major · 6/8 · Baroque soprano recorder
Tap any note to hear it. Filled holes = covered; empty holes = open; half-filled thumb = pinch.
Read the notes: C5 is the lowest soprano note; C6 is one octave higher. Beat values use quarter notes: 0.5 = eighth note; 1.5 = dotted quarter; 2 = half note. Notes used: C5, D5, E5, F5, G5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F6.
Phrase 1
Phrase 2
Phrase 3
Phrase 4
Phrase 5
Phrase 6
How to practise Silent Night
Count six eighth-note pulses per bar. At this tempo, one displayed beat is a quarter note (two eighth notes). High F6 needs a small thumb opening; keep the air gentle.
Start at 60 BPM. Listen to a phrase, stop playback and echo it on your recorder. The phrase breaks are practice chunks, not bar lines; follow the beat values for timing.
Print a classroom practice sheet
Choose Print / Save PDF, then select your printer or your browser’s PDF destination. The print layout keeps the notes and fingerings and hides playback controls.
Melody and source
Melody by Franz Xaver Gruber, 1818. Instrumental setting; no modern translation or recording included. Source / historical background.
This page uses our own single-line practice layout and synthesized audio. It does not include a modern accompaniment or commercial recording. Using a German recorder? Check its F fingering before playing.
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