Alto Saxophone
G♯4 on the Alto Saxophone
Written G♯4 — sounds concert B3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Add the left-pinky G♯ key to G; like the E♭ key, it opens a pad instead of closing one. The G♯ pad is sprung shut and is the pad most likely to stick on a student horn, so press it decisively and hold it for the whole note — a half-open G♯ just sounds like a veiled G.
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Add the left-pinky G♯ key to G; like the E♭ key, it opens a pad instead of closing one. The G♯ pad is sprung shut and is the pad most likely to stick on a student horn, so press it decisively and hold it for the whole note — a half-open G♯ just sounds like a veiled G.
- Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Left pinky G♯ key
- Written pitch: G♯4 · Concert pitch: B3
- Sounding frequency: 246.94 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.