Mellophone
C4 on the Mellophone
Written C4 — sounds concert F3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Plays the real sound: written C4 sounds concert F3 on mellophone.
C4 is an open note on the 2nd partial: no valves down, so the lip alone picks the slot. It sounds concert F3. With no valves 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
C4 is an open note on the 2nd partial: no valves down, so the lip alone picks the slot. It sounds concert F3. With no valves 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: Open (no valves)
- Written pitch: C4 · Concert pitch: F3
- Sounding frequency: 174.61 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.