Im wondering if the descant and tenor recorders have the same fingering?

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: it depends on the instrument. Some have double holes for the bottom two notes... some have English/Baroque fingering, some have German fingering... some don't like certain combinations (for instance, one of my descants doesn't like the alternative B natural fingering)...

but basically yes, they do.

nooooooooo they no be same!!
I had to learn to play treble recorder for bach's brandenberg concerto and it's totally different! very odd and very big! hehe

QUOTE (martl1 @ Feb 6 2005, 05:09 PM)

nooooooooo they no be same!! I had to learn to play treble recorder for bach's brandenberg concerto and it's totally different! very odd and very big! hehe

The question was TENOR and DESCANT... treble didn't come into it.

Treble is different indeed. Tenor and descant are in C, treble is in F.

As cheeble says, the fingering is basically the same but, as the tenor recorder is much bigger than the descant, it's not so easy to play if you've got small hands.

Yup, but don't let small hands put you off playing it! (I have mini hands and I play tenor and bass recorders...)

Cheebie... I hope you are not going to shoot me down in flames on this one... but that sounds suspiciously like your implying that Treble is in F, implying it is a transposing instrument...

It isn't. At least, I don't think it is, or, am pretty darn certain it isn't!

I mean, I play a C on Treble (thumb, first three fingers) and it sounds the same as C on Descant (everything down) which means it can't be a transposing instrument can it?

<is very confused>

Aaaah yes, sorry about that!!! I shall explain more clearly here (I've just realised I've made it look really confusing).

Descant, Garklein, Tenor, Great Bass and Sub-contrabass recorders are known as the C recorders.
Sopranino, Treble, Bass and Contrabass are known as the F recorders.

However, none are transposing instruments.

Basically all it means is that if you fully cover all the holes on the instrument and blow, you get a C on a C recorder and an F on an F recorder.

Hence C and F recorders have different fingerings.

Sorry to be confuzzling!

Same fingering principle and pattern, but different notes when played e.g. when you play the lowest G on a descant it is a C on treble notated in the middle of the stave....the one just above middle C.