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How to play the Quena: Fingering
                  thumb  -left hand-    -right hand-

               T    1    2    3    4    5    6
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 >                       O    O    O    O    O    O    |
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 An "O" means to leave the finger hole uncovered.
 A "-" means to half-cover the finger hole.
 Quenas vary a lot. Find the fingering the works with yours

 A "T" means: thumb (back hole)
  1st Octave    2nd Octave  3rd Octave
G



 

T 1 2 3 4 5 6

 

O O O O O O O
O O O 3 4 5 6
T 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 1 2 3 4 5 6

O O O O O O O
O O O O 4 5 6
T 1 2 3 4 5 6
- 1 2 3 4 5 6
T O 2 3 O O O
G#

T 1 2 3 4 5 -


 - 1 2 3 4 5 -
O 1 2 3 4 5 -

- 1 2 3 4 5 -
- - 2 3 4 5 -
A

 T 1 2 3 4 5 O


 T 1 2 3 4 5 O
- 1 2 3 4 5 O 

 T 1 2 O O 5 6
T 1 2 O - 5 6
A# T 1 2 3 4 - O  T 1 2 3 4 - O T 1 - O O 5 -
B

 T 1 2 3 4 O O


 T 1 2 3 4 O O


 T 1 O O O 5 O
T 1 2 3 4 5 -
C T 1 2 3 O O O T 1 2 3 O O O T 1 O 3 4 O 6
C# T 1 2 - O O O T 1 2 - O O O T 1 2 - O O O
D

T 1 2 O O O O
T 1 - 3 4 5 6

T 1 2 O O O O
T 1 2 3 - 5 6


 - O O 3 O O O
D#


 T 1 - O O O O

T 1 - O O O O
T 1 2 0 4 5 6

 O O 2 - 4 5 6
O 1 2 - 4 5 6
T - 2 - 4 5 6
E

 T 1 O O O O O

 T 1 O O O O O
T 1 O O 4 5 6

 O 1 - - 4 O O
F

T - O O O O O
T O 2 3 4 5 O

 T - O O O O O

  
F#

 T O O 3 4 O O
T O O O O O O

 T O O O 4 5 6
T O O O O O O

  


Here all the fingerings that produce each tone of the quena's three octaves are examined from the lowest pitch to the highest. Octaves are numbered, and the octave number follows the pitch name. For numbering purposes, an octave is the range of tones from any C to the next higher B. The lowest tone of the standard quena is G4, meaning the G that is just higher than middle C (C4) of the piano.
 
  
             

 
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