Baritone (treble clef)
B♭4 on the Baritone (treble clef)
Written B♭4 — sounds concert A♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B♭4 sounds concert A♭3 on baritone (treble clef).
B♭4 is the 4th partial with valve 1, 2 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert A♭3. With valve 1 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
B♭4 is the 4th partial with valve 1, 2 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert A♭3. With valve 1 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
- Written pitch: B♭4 · Concert pitch: A♭3
- Sounding frequency: 207.65 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for B♭4
- 1-2-3: Valves 1 + 2 + 3. Reaches the same pitch from the 5th partial; sharp and unwieldy, so a trill fingering only.
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.