B♭ Clarinet
Altissimo G on the B♭ Clarinet
Written G6 — sounds concert F6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
G6
Concert F6
Altissimo G is usually the first note above F♯6 that a student can rely on, and it tops out many school-band clarinet parts. Keep the reed vibrating freely: biting to reach it produces the classic altissimo squeal instead of the note.
About this note
Altissimo G is usually the first note above F♯6 that a student can rely on, and it tops out many school-band clarinet parts. Keep the reed vibrating freely: biting to reach it produces the classic altissimo squeal instead of the note.
- Primary fingering: Register key + Thumb hole + Left middle (hole 2) + Right index (hole 4) + Right middle (hole 5) + Right pinky A♭/E♭ key
- Written pitch: G6 · Concert pitch: F6
- Sounding frequency: 1396.91 Hz
Alternate fingerings for Altissimo G
- Left index vent: Register key + Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1) + Right index (hole 4) + Right middle (hole 5) + Right pinky A♭/E♭ key. Use when slurring up from clarion notes, where keeping the left index finger down steadies the entry.
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.