Alto Saxophone
B♭5 on the Alto Saxophone
Written B♭5 — sounds concert D♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B♭5
Concert D♭5
The side B♭ fingering with the octave key. Up here the bis B♭ is especially useful because it frees the right hand entirely, which matters in the flat keys where this B♭ turns up most.
About this note
The side B♭ fingering with the octave key. Up here the bis B♭ is especially useful because it frees the right hand entirely, which matters in the flat keys where this B♭ turns up most.
- Primary fingering: Octave key + Left index key + Left middle key + Side B♭ key
- Written pitch: B♭5 · Concert pitch: D♭5
- Sounding frequency: 554.37 Hz
Alternate fingerings for B♭5
- Bis B♭ (left index on the B and bis keys): Octave key + Left index key + Bis key. In flat-key passages with no neighbouring B natural, and when the right hand needs to stay free.
- One-and-one B♭ (left index + right index): Octave key + Left index key + Right index key. When the B♭ is approached from or resolved to F5.
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.