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
Written G♯3 on the treble staff

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.