B♭ Clarinet
B4 on the B♭ Clarinet
Written B4 — sounds concert A4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B4
Concert A4Beginner note
The first note above the break: every finger goes down at once, plus a little-finger E/B key. Practise B♭4 to B4 slowly — the squeak here comes from the fingers arriving at different moments, not from the reed.
About this note
The first note above the break: every finger goes down at once, plus a little-finger E/B key. Practise B♭4 to B4 slowly — the squeak here comes from the fingers arriving at different moments, not from the reed.
- Primary fingering: Register key + Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1) + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Left pinky E/B key + Right index (hole 4) + Right middle (hole 5) + Right ring (hole 6)
- Written pitch: B4 · Concert pitch: A4
- Sounding frequency: 440.00 Hz
Alternate fingerings for B4
- Right little-finger E/B key: Register key + 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) + Right pinky E/B key. Pick the side that leaves the other little finger free for whatever comes next.
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.