Flute
High E♭ on the Flute
Written E♭6. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E♭6
High E-flat looks wrong and is right: every finger down plus the G-sharp key and the E-flat key. It is the third harmonic of A-flat 4, and the full fingering is what stops it collapsing; the note tends flat, so keep the air fast and the aperture small.
About this note
High E-flat looks wrong and is right: every finger down plus the G-sharp key and the E-flat key. It is the third harmonic of A-flat 4, and the full fingering is what stops it collapsing; the note tends flat, so keep the air fast and the aperture small.
- Primary fingering: Thumb B key + Left index (key 1) + Left middle (key 2) + Left ring (key 3) + G♯ key (left little finger) + Right index (key 4) + Right middle (key 5) + Right ring (key 6) + E♭ key (right little finger)
- Written pitch: E♭6
- Sounding frequency: 1244.51 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.