Mellophone
B4 on the Mellophone
Written B4 — sounds concert E4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written B4 sounds concert E4 on mellophone.
B4 is the 4th partial with valve 2, 1 semitone below open C5. It sounds concert E4. With valve 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
B4 is the 4th partial with valve 2, 1 semitone below open C5. It sounds concert E4. With valve 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 2
- Written pitch: B4 · Concert pitch: E4
- Sounding frequency: 329.63 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for B4
- 1-3: Valves 1 + 3. The same pitch off the 5th partial, used for trills; sharp like every 1-3 fingering.
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.