B♭ Clarinet
Low G♯ on the B♭ Clarinet
Written G♯3 — sounds concert F♯3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
G♯3
Concert F♯3Beginner note
Adding the right little-finger A♭/E♭ key vents one extra hole below low G. A standard Boehm clarinet has no left-hand copy of this key, which is the main reason low E and low F are often taken with the left hand.
About this note
Adding the right little-finger A♭/E♭ key vents one extra hole below low G. A standard Boehm clarinet has no left-hand copy of this key, which is the main reason low E and low F are often taken with the left hand.
- Primary fingering: 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 A♭/E♭ key
- Written pitch: G♯3 · Concert pitch: F♯3
- Sounding frequency: 185.00 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.