Bass Clarinet

B5 on the Bass Clarinet

Written B5 — sounds concert A4. Tap the diagram to hear it.

B5
Concert A4
Written B5 on the treble staff

Register key, thumb and the left index finger. The top of the clarion is where a bass clarinet starts to feel resistant; keep the air fast and the tongue high.

About this note

Register key, thumb and the left index finger. The top of the clarion is where a bass clarinet starts to feel resistant; keep the air fast and the tongue high.

  • Primary fingering: Register key + Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1)
  • Written pitch: B5 · Concert pitch: A4
  • Sounding frequency: 440.00 Hz

Bass Clarinet 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.