Alto Saxophone
High F on the Alto Saxophone
Written F6 — sounds concert A♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
All three palm keys plus the side E key and the octave key: the top of the standard range on a saxophone without a high F♯ key. The front-F alternate is the one to learn next — it is far easier in F arpeggios and it is the doorway into the altissimo register.
About this note
All three palm keys plus the side E key and the octave key: the top of the standard range on a saxophone without a high F♯ key. The front-F alternate is the one to learn next — it is far easier in F arpeggios and it is the doorway into the altissimo register.
- Primary fingering: Octave key + Palm D key + Palm E♭ key + Palm F key + Side E key
- Written pitch: F6 · Concert pitch: A♭5
- Sounding frequency: 830.61 Hz
Alternate fingerings for High F
- Front (fork) F: Octave key + Front F key + Left middle key. In F arpeggios, when coming from C6, and as the standard launch fingering for altissimo. Slightly less stable in tone than the palm-key F.
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.