Oboe

B4 on the Oboe

Written B4. Tap the diagram to hear it.

B4
Beginner note
Written B4 on the treble staff

Left index finger alone. The whole top of the first octave is thin on oboe, so keep the air moving and the embouchure round rather than tight.

About this note

Left index finger alone. The whole top of the first octave is thin on oboe, so keep the air moving and the embouchure round rather than tight.

  • Primary fingering: Left index plate
  • Written pitch: B4
  • Sounding frequency: 493.88 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.