Alto Saxophone

A5 on the Alto Saxophone

Written A5 — sounds concert C5. Tap the diagram to hear it.

A5
Concert C5
Written A5 on the treble staff

Left index and middle fingers with the octave key, sounding concert C above middle C. This is also the fingering the front-F family is built from, so it is worth learning as a hand shape rather than as a single note.

About this note

Left index and middle fingers with the octave key, sounding concert C above middle C. This is also the fingering the front-F family is built from, so it is worth learning as a hand shape rather than as a single note.

  • Primary fingering: Octave key + Left index key + Left middle key
  • Written pitch: A5 · Concert pitch: C5
  • Sounding frequency: 523.25 Hz

Alto Saxophone fingering data last updated . Every diagram here, in the printable PDF and in the chart image comes from one dataset, so the paper and the screen cannot disagree.