B♭ Clarinet
C♯5 on the B♭ Clarinet
Written C♯5 — sounds concert B4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
C♯5
Concert B4
The twelfth above low F♯, so the same left-or-right little-finger decision applies up here. Students often hear this note as out of tune when the little finger has simply not seated the key — press with the pad, not the tip.
About this note
The twelfth above low F♯, so the same left-or-right little-finger decision applies up here. Students often hear this note as out of tune when the little finger has simply not seated the key — press with the pad, not the tip.
- Primary fingering: Register key + Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1) + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Left pinky F♯/C♯ key + Right index (hole 4) + Right middle (hole 5) + Right ring (hole 6)
- Written pitch: C♯5 · Concert pitch: B4
- Sounding frequency: 493.88 Hz
Alternate fingerings for C♯5
- Right little-finger F♯/C♯ 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 F♯/C♯ key. Use when the left little finger is needed for B, C or G♯ nearby.
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.