Bass Clarinet

D5 on the Bass Clarinet

Written D5 — sounds concert C4. Tap the diagram to hear it.

D5
Concert C4
Written D5 on the treble staff

Register key, thumb and six fingers with no pinky key — the clarion twin of low G. Tune D5 against low G with only the register key moving; the twelfth should be pure.

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Register key, thumb and six fingers with no pinky key — the clarion twin of low G. Tune D5 against low G with only the register key moving; the twelfth should be pure.

  • Primary fingering: Register key + Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1) + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Right index (hole 4) + Right middle (hole 5) + Right ring (hole 6)
  • Written pitch: D5 · Concert pitch: C4
  • Sounding frequency: 261.63 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.