B♭ Clarinet
Altissimo E on the B♭ Clarinet
Written E6 — sounds concert D6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E6
Concert D6
E6 keeps the vented left hand of C♯6 and D6 and needs only the A♭/E♭ key in the right, so it usually appears once those two are secure. Slur down to B5 to feel how far the voicing has to relax between the registers.
About this note
E6 keeps the vented left hand of C♯6 and D6 and needs only the A♭/E♭ key in the right, so it usually appears once those two are secure. Slur down to B5 to feel how far the voicing has to relax between the registers.
- Primary fingering: Register key + Thumb hole + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Right pinky A♭/E♭ key
- Written pitch: E6 · Concert pitch: D6
- Sounding frequency: 1174.66 Hz
B♭ 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.