Mellophone
A♭4 on the Mellophone
Written A♭4 — sounds concert D♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written A♭4 sounds concert D♭4 on mellophone.
A♭4 is the 4th partial with valves 2 and 3, 4 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert D♭4. With valves 2 and 3 down the tuning is honest, which makes it a useful note to tune against. This middle slot is where the mellophone sounds most like a horn: center it and match that tone above and below.
About this note
A♭4 is the 4th partial with valves 2 and 3, 4 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert D♭4. With valves 2 and 3 down the tuning is honest, which makes it a useful note to tune against. This middle slot is where the mellophone sounds most like a horn: center it and match that tone above and below.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2 + 3
- Written pitch: A♭4 · Concert pitch: D♭4
- Sounding frequency: 277.18 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — 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.