B♭ Clarinet

E4 on the B♭ Clarinet

Written E4 — sounds concert D4. Tap the diagram to hear it.

E4
Concert D4Beginner note
Written E4 on the treble staff

Thumb and left index finger only, with the right hand waiting quietly over its holes. E4 sits a little high on many instruments; shading it with right-hand fingers darkens and lowers it if it pokes out of a chord.

About this note

Thumb and left index finger only, with the right hand waiting quietly over its holes. E4 sits a little high on many instruments; shading it with right-hand fingers darkens and lowers it if it pokes out of a chord.

  • Primary fingering: Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1)
  • Written pitch: E4 · Concert pitch: D4
  • Sounding frequency: 293.66 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.