Tenor Saxophone

B5 on the Tenor Saxophone

Written B5 — sounds concert A4. Tap the diagram to hear it.

B5
Concert A4
Written B5 on the treble staff

Left index and the octave key. On tenor this note sags flat when the air relaxes at the end of a phrase, so keep the airspeed up through the release.

About this note

Left index and the octave key. On tenor this note sags flat when the air relaxes at the end of a phrase, so keep the airspeed up through the release.

  • Primary fingering: Octave key + Left index key
  • Written pitch: B5 · Concert pitch: A4
  • Sounding frequency: 440.00 Hz

Tenor Saxophone 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.