Mellophone
B3 on the Mellophone
Written B3 — sounds concert E3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B3 sounds concert E3 on mellophone.
B3 is the 2nd partial with valve 2, 1 semitone below open C4. It sounds concert E3. With valve 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
B3 is the 2nd partial with valve 2, 1 semitone below open C4. It sounds concert E3. With valve 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 2
- Written pitch: B3 · Concert pitch: E3
- Sounding frequency: 164.81 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.