Oboe

E♭4 on the Oboe

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

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

Low D with the E♭ key under the right little finger. Many oboes also have a left-hand E♭ lever; use whichever little finger the surrounding notes leave free.

About this note

Low D with the E♭ key under the right little finger. Many oboes also have a left-hand E♭ lever; use whichever little finger the surrounding notes leave free.

  • Primary fingering: Left index plate + Left middle plate + Left ring plate + Right index plate + Right middle plate + Right ring plate + E♭ key (right little finger)
  • Written pitch: E♭4
  • Sounding frequency: 311.13 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.