About This Library
This site focuses on the search terms real players use most often: ocarina tabs, recorder notes, recorder finger chart searches, tin whistle letter notes, easy melody pages, and optional numbered notes. Instead of staff notation, each page is optimized around readable note labels, practical fingering support, and a mobile-friendly layout, while supported songs can switch between ocarina, recorder, and tin whistle views without leaving the same page. Recorder pages can also expose Baroque or German fingering, and whistle pages can surface the matching key where the song supports it.
How to Use This Site
Search visitors usually arrive with a practical need: they want easy ocarina tabs, recorder letter notes, a quick recorder finger chart, tin whistle fingering support, or songs with lyrics they can follow right away. The quickest path is to pick a Learn page above, then open a song detail page that matches your instrument and difficulty level. If you play recorder or whistle, the matching setup or key is now available on the same song page when the arrangement supports it.
What can I find on PlayByFingering?
PlayByFingering is a public melody library with letter notes, optional numbered notes, tabs-style melody pages, and finger charts for supported ocarina, recorder, and tin whistle songs. Some recorder pages also surface Baroque or German fingering, and supported whistle pages can open with the matching key already selected.
Are these pages suitable for beginners?
Many songs are beginner-friendly, especially the nursery rhyme, folk song, and holiday sections. The Learn pages group songs by instrument, lyrics, and beginner intent so visitors can start from the easiest path.
Do I need to read staff notation to use this site?
No. The main song pages are built around readable letter notes first, with optional numbered notes and fingering support for supported instruments.