Alto Saxophone
Low E on the Alto Saxophone
Written E4 — sounds concert G3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E4
Concert G3Beginner note
Lift the right ring finger off the low D fingering. Low E is one of the steadier bottom notes, so if it keeps cracking up an octave the left thumb is almost certainly brushing the octave key.
About this note
Lift the right ring finger off the low D fingering. Low E is one of the steadier bottom notes, so if it keeps cracking up an octave the left thumb is almost certainly brushing the octave key.
- Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Right index key + Right middle key
- Written pitch: E4 · Concert pitch: G3
- Sounding frequency: 196.00 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.