Flute

B♭5 on the Flute

Written B♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.

B♭5
Written B♭5 on the treble staff

The same "one and one" B-flat an octave up: left first plus right first finger, thumb still on the B key. Switch to the thumb lever only when no B natural is coming, or the change back will catch you out.

About this note

The same "one and one" B-flat an octave up: left first plus right first finger, thumb still on the B key. Switch to the thumb lever only when no B natural is coming, or the change back will catch you out.

  • Primary fingering: Thumb B key + Left index (key 1) + Right index (key 4) + E♭ key (right little finger)
  • Written pitch: B♭5
  • Sounding frequency: 932.33 Hz

Alternate fingerings for B♭5

  • Thumb B-flat (Briccialdi lever): Thumb B♭ lever (Briccialdi) + Left index (key 1) + E♭ key (right little finger). Use when the passage sits in a flat key and contains no B natural; the thumb stays on the B-flat lever throughout.

Flute 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.