Mellophone
A♭3 on the Mellophone
Written A♭3 — sounds concert D♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written A♭3 sounds concert D♭3 on mellophone.
A♭3 is the 2nd partial with valves 2 and 3, 4 semitones below open C4. It sounds concert D♭3. With valves 2 and 3 down the tuning is honest, which makes it a useful note to tune against. Low mellophone notes are soft by nature; keep the aperture relaxed and do not force the volume.
About this note
A♭3 is the 2nd partial with valves 2 and 3, 4 semitones below open C4. It sounds concert D♭3. With valves 2 and 3 down the tuning is honest, which makes it a useful note to tune against. Low mellophone notes are soft by nature; keep the aperture relaxed and do not force the volume.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2 + 3
- Written pitch: A♭3 · Concert pitch: D♭3
- Sounding frequency: 138.59 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 2 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Mellophone 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.