Baritone Saxophone
C5 on the Baritone Saxophone
Written C5 — sounds concert E♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written C5 sounds concert E♭3 on baritone saxophone.
Written C5 sounds concert E♭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 C5 sounds concert E♭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 middle key
- Written pitch: C5 · Concert pitch: E♭3
- Sounding frequency: 155.56 Hz
Alternate fingerings for C5
- Side C (left index + side C key): Left index key + Side C key. In chromatic passages and B–C trills, where it avoids swapping the left index for the middle finger.
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.