Baritone Saxophone
C6 on the Baritone Saxophone
Written C6 — sounds concert E♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written C6 sounds concert E♭4 on baritone saxophone.
Written C6 sounds concert E♭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 C6 sounds concert E♭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 middle key
- Written pitch: C6 · Concert pitch: E♭4
- Sounding frequency: 311.13 Hz
Alternate fingerings for C6
- Side C (left index + side C key): Octave key + Left index key + Side C key. In chromatic passages and B–C trills in the upper register.
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.