Bass Clarinet
B5 on the Bass Clarinet
Written B5 — sounds concert A4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B5
Concert A4
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.