Bass Clarinet
Low G on the Bass Clarinet
Written G3 — sounds concert F2. Tap the diagram to hear it.
All six holes and the thumb, no little-finger key — the reference note for the bottom of the horn. A bass clarinet's holes are covered by plateau keys, so the seal comes from firm finger pressure rather than the exact fingertip placement a soprano player worries about.
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All six holes and the thumb, no little-finger key — the reference note for the bottom of the horn. A bass clarinet's holes are covered by plateau keys, so the seal comes from firm finger pressure rather than the exact fingertip placement a soprano player worries about.
- Primary fingering: 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: G3 · Concert pitch: F2
- Sounding frequency: 87.31 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.