Baritone (treble clef)
A♭4 on the Baritone (treble clef)
Written A♭4 — sounds concert G♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written A♭4 sounds concert G♭3 on baritone (treble clef).
A♭4 is the 4th partial with valves 2 and 3, 4 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert G♭3. With valves 2 and 3 down the tuning is honest, which makes it a useful note to tune against. This is the middle of the baritone's range and its best tone: use it to set up your sound.
About this note
A♭4 is the 4th partial with valves 2 and 3, 4 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert G♭3. With valves 2 and 3 down the tuning is honest, which makes it a useful note to tune against. This is the middle of the baritone's range and its best tone: use it to set up your sound.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2 + 3
- Written pitch: A♭4 · Concert pitch: G♭3
- Sounding frequency: 185.00 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Baritone (treble clef) 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.