Baritone (treble clef)
B♭5 on the Baritone (treble clef)
Written B♭5 — sounds concert A♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B♭5 sounds concert A♭4 on baritone (treble clef).
B♭5 is the 8th partial with valve 1, 2 semitones below open C6. It sounds concert A♭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
B♭5 is the 8th partial with valve 1, 2 semitones below open C6. It sounds concert A♭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 1
- Written pitch: B♭5 · Concert pitch: A♭4
- Sounding frequency: 415.30 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 8 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Fingerings to avoid for B♭5
- Open (7th partial): Open (no valves). The open 7th partial sounds roughly this pitch but about a third of a semitone flat; listed for reference only, not as a usable fingering.
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.