Oboe
B3 on the Oboe
Written B3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B3
All six fingers and the low B key for the left little finger. Low B and B♭ are the notes most affected by a leaking reed or a bell key that is not seating, so treat them as a health check on the instrument.
About this note
All six fingers and the low B key for the left little finger. Low B and B♭ are the notes most affected by a leaking reed or a bell key that is not seating, so treat them as a health check on the instrument.
- Primary fingering: Left index plate + Left middle plate + Left ring plate + Right index plate + Right middle plate + Right ring plate + Low B key (left little finger)
- Written pitch: B3
- Sounding frequency: 246.94 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.