Mellophone
B♭3 on the Mellophone
Written B♭3 — sounds concert E♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B♭3 sounds concert E♭3 on mellophone.
B♭3 is the 2nd partial with valve 1, 2 semitones below open C4. It sounds concert E♭3. With valve 1 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
B♭3 is the 2nd partial with valve 1, 2 semitones below open C4. It sounds concert E♭3. With valve 1 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
- Written pitch: B♭3 · Concert pitch: E♭3
- Sounding frequency: 155.56 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.