Tenor Saxophone
B♭4 on the Tenor Saxophone
Written B♭4 — sounds concert A♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B♭4
Concert A♭3Beginner note
The side B♭: left index and middle fingers plus the side key under the right index knuckle. It moves cleanly to A and to B natural, so it is the default; the bis and one-and-one fingerings belong to specific situations.
About this note
The side B♭: left index and middle fingers plus the side key under the right index knuckle. It moves cleanly to A and to B natural, so it is the default; the bis and one-and-one fingerings belong to specific situations.
- Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Side B♭ key
- Written pitch: B♭4 · Concert pitch: A♭3
- Sounding frequency: 207.65 Hz
Alternate fingerings for B♭4
- Bis B♭ (left index on the B and bis keys): Left index key + Bis key. In flat keys — B♭, E♭ and A♭ major — where the passage has no B natural next to the B♭.
- One-and-one B♭ (left index + right index): Left index key + Right index key. When the B♭ is next to F, so the right index finger is already down and only the middle and ring fingers move.
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.