Baritone Saxophone
B♭5 on the Baritone Saxophone
Written B♭5 — sounds concert D♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B♭5 sounds concert D♭4 on baritone saxophone.
Written B♭5 sounds concert D♭4, an octave and a major sixth lower. Same keys as on alto and tenor sax. Press the octave key cleanly — on bari the octave vent is large, so any leak shows up as a gurgle or a jump.
About this note
Written B♭5 sounds concert D♭4, an octave and a major sixth lower. Same keys as on alto and tenor sax. Press the octave key cleanly — on bari the octave vent is large, so any leak shows up as a gurgle or a jump.
- Primary fingering: Octave key + Left index key + Left middle key + Side B♭ key
- Written pitch: B♭5 · Concert pitch: D♭4
- Sounding frequency: 277.18 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 neighboring 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.
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.