Oboe

B♭4 on the Oboe

Written B♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.

B♭4
Beginner note
Written B♭4 on the treble staff

The one-and-one B♭: left index finger plus right index finger. Some oboes add a side B♭ lever, but 1 and 4 works on every instrument.

About this note

The one-and-one B♭: left index finger plus right index finger. Some oboes add a side B♭ lever, but 1 and 4 works on every instrument.

  • Primary fingering: Left index plate + Right index plate
  • Written pitch: B♭4
  • Sounding frequency: 466.16 Hz

Oboe 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.