B♭ Clarinet
Altissimo G♯ on the B♭ Clarinet
Written G♯6 — sounds concert F♯6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
G♯6
Concert F♯6
G♯6 vents through the open left index hole and needs a little-finger key as well. Published fingerings vary widely for this note, and one of the simplest — register, thumb, right index and the A♭/E♭ key — tunes well on many instruments.
About this note
G♯6 vents through the open left index hole and needs a little-finger key as well. Published fingerings vary widely for this note, and one of the simplest — register, thumb, right index and the A♭/E♭ key — tunes well on many instruments.
- Primary fingering: Register key + Thumb hole + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Left pinky F♯/C♯ key + Right index (hole 4) + Right ring (hole 6) + Right pinky F♯/C♯ key
- Written pitch: G♯6 · Concert pitch: F♯6
- Sounding frequency: 1479.98 Hz
Alternate fingerings for Altissimo G♯
- Right little-finger F♯/C♯ key: Register key + Thumb hole + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Right index (hole 4) + Right ring (hole 6) + Right pinky F♯/C♯ key. The same fingering with the F♯/C♯ key on the other hand — take whichever side the phrase leaves free.
- Short A♭ (right index with the A♭/E♭ key): Register key + Thumb hole + Right index (hole 4) + Right pinky A♭/E♭ key. Use where an easy, well-tuned fingering matters more than matching the neighbouring altissimo notes.
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.