Flute
High B♭ on the Flute
Written B♭6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Thumb and right first finger with the first (D) trill key held down, and the E-flat key comes off — this is the first note in the range where the right little finger leaves its home position. It is a fourth-harmonic fingering, needs very fast air, and normally sits sharp.
About this note
Thumb and right first finger with the first (D) trill key held down, and the E-flat key comes off — this is the first note in the range where the right little finger leaves its home position. It is a fourth-harmonic fingering, needs very fast air, and normally sits sharp.
- Primary fingering: Thumb B key + Right index (key 4) + First (D) trill key
- Written pitch: B♭6
- Sounding frequency: 1864.66 Hz
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.