Baritone (treble clef)
A♭5 on the Baritone (treble clef)
Written A♭5 — sounds concert G♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written A♭5 sounds concert G♭4 on baritone (treble clef).
A♭5 is the 8th partial with valves 2 and 3, 4 semitones below open C6. It sounds concert G♭4. Up here the slots are only a step apart, so hear the note before you play it. This is the top of a typical school baritone part; build up to it with lip slurs, not pressure.
About this note
A♭5 is the 8th partial with valves 2 and 3, 4 semitones below open C6. It sounds concert G♭4. Up here the slots are only a step apart, so hear the note before you play it. This is the top of a typical school baritone part; build up to it with lip slurs, not pressure.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2 + 3
- Written pitch: A♭5 · Concert pitch: G♭4
- Sounding frequency: 369.99 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 8 — 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.