Mellophone
A4 on the Mellophone
Written A4 — sounds concert D4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written A4 sounds concert D4 on mellophone.
A4 is the 4th partial with valves 1 and 2, 3 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert D4. With valves 1 and 2 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
A4 is the 4th partial with valves 1 and 2, 3 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert D4. With valves 1 and 2 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 1 + 2
- Written pitch: A4 · Concert pitch: D4
- Sounding frequency: 293.66 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for A4
- 3: Valves 3. The usual alternate — same minor third, same slot; it saves a finger move in a chromatic run.
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.