Baritone (treble clef)
A4 on the Baritone (treble clef)
Written A4 — sounds concert G3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written A4 sounds concert G3 on baritone (treble clef).
A4 is the 4th partial with valves 1 and 2, 3 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert G3. With valves 1 and 2 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
A4 is the 4th partial with valves 1 and 2, 3 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert G3. With valves 1 and 2 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 1 + 2
- Written pitch: A4 · Concert pitch: G3
- Sounding frequency: 196.00 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for A4
- 3: Valves 3. The usual alternate — same minor third, same slot; it saves a finger move in a chromatic run.
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.