B♭ Clarinet
F5 on the B♭ Clarinet
Written F5 — sounds concert E♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
F5
Concert E♭5
Register key with the right index finger alone in the lower hand — the twelfth above low B♭. It slurs cleanly down to E5 and up to G5, which makes it a good pivot for clarion scales.
About this note
Register key with the right index finger alone in the lower hand — the twelfth above low B♭. It slurs cleanly down to E5 and up to G5, which makes it a good pivot for clarion scales.
- Primary fingering: Register key + Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1) + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Right index (hole 4)
- Written pitch: F5 · Concert pitch: E♭5
- Sounding frequency: 622.25 Hz
Trill fingerings
- F5 ↔ F♯5 (Trill the B/F♯ sliver key): Register key + Thumb hole + Left index (hole 1) + Left middle (hole 2) + Left ring (hole 3) + Right index (hole 4) + Right sliver key
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.