Baritone Saxophone
B♭4 on the Baritone Saxophone
Written B♭4 — sounds concert D♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B♭4 sounds concert D♭3 on baritone saxophone.
Written B♭4 sounds concert D♭3, an octave and a major sixth lower. Same keys as on alto and tenor sax. This is the bari's home register, where most band parts sit; keep the air steady and the sound big but not blatty.
About this note
Written B♭4 sounds concert D♭3, an octave and a major sixth lower. Same keys as on alto and tenor sax. This is the bari's home register, where most band parts sit; keep the air steady and the sound big but not blatty.
- Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Side B♭ key
- Written pitch: B♭4 · Concert pitch: D♭3
- Sounding frequency: 138.59 Hz
Alternate fingerings for B♭4
- Bis B♭ (left index on the B and bis keys): Left index key + Bis key. In flat keys — B♭, E♭ and A♭ major — where the passage has no B natural next to the B♭.
- One-and-one B♭ (left index + right index): Left index key + Right index key. When the B♭ is next to F, so the right index finger is already down and only the middle and ring fingers move.
Baritone 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.