Baritone (treble clef)
B5 on the Baritone (treble clef)
Written B5 — sounds concert A4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B5 sounds concert A4 on baritone (treble clef).
B5 is the 8th partial with valve 2, 1 semitone below open C6. It sounds concert A4. 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
B5 is the 8th partial with valve 2, 1 semitone below open C6. It sounds concert A4. 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
- Written pitch: B5 · Concert pitch: A4
- Sounding frequency: 440.00 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.