Mellophone
B♭4 on the Mellophone
Written B♭4 — sounds concert E♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B♭4 sounds concert E♭4 on mellophone.
B♭4 is the 4th partial with valve 1, 2 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert E♭4. With valve 1 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
B♭4 is the 4th partial with valve 1, 2 semitones below open C5. It sounds concert E♭4. With valve 1 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
- Written pitch: B♭4 · Concert pitch: E♭4
- Sounding frequency: 311.13 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for B♭4
- 1-2-3: Valves 1 + 2 + 3. Reaches the same pitch from the 5th partial; sharp and unwieldy, so a trill fingering only.
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.