Mellophone
A3 on the Mellophone
Written A3 — sounds concert D3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written A3 sounds concert D3 on mellophone.
A3 is the 2nd partial with valves 1 and 2, 3 semitones below open C4. It sounds concert D3. With valves 1 and 2 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
A3 is the 2nd partial with valves 1 and 2, 3 semitones below open C4. It sounds concert D3. With valves 1 and 2 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 1 + 2
- Written pitch: A3 · Concert pitch: D3
- Sounding frequency: 146.83 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 2 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for A3
- 3: Valves 3. Valve 3 alone lowers the same minor third as 1-2 and often sits truer in tune this low.
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.