Bass Clarinet
Low B♭ on the Bass Clarinet
Written B♭3 — sounds concert A♭2. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B♭3
Concert A♭2Beginner note
Right index finger alone in the lower hand. A good hand-position check on bass: the other two right-hand fingers should hover just above their keys, ready to drop together.
About this note
Right index finger alone in the lower hand. A good hand-position check on bass: the other two right-hand fingers should hover just above their keys, ready to drop together.
- Primary fingering: Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1) + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Right index (hole 4)
- Written pitch: B♭3 · Concert pitch: A♭2
- Sounding frequency: 103.83 Hz
Trill fingerings
- Low B♭ ↔ B3 (Trill the B/F♯ sliver key with the right middle finger): Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1) + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Right index (hole 4) + Right sliver key
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.