Tenor Saxophone
B♭5 on the Tenor Saxophone
Written B♭5 — sounds concert A♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B♭5
Concert A♭4
The side B♭ with the octave key. Up here the bis B♭ earns its keep because it frees the right hand entirely — useful in the flat keys where this note lives.
About this note
The side B♭ with the octave key. Up here the bis B♭ earns its keep because it frees the right hand entirely — useful in the flat keys where this note lives.
- Primary fingering: Octave key + Left index key + Left middle key + Side B♭ key
- Written pitch: B♭5 · Concert pitch: A♭4
- Sounding frequency: 415.30 Hz
Alternate fingerings for B♭5
- Bis B♭ (left index on the B and bis keys): Octave key + Left index key + Bis key. In flat-key passages with no neighbouring B natural, and when the right hand needs to stay free.
- One-and-one B♭ (left index + right index): Octave key + Left index key + Right index key. When the B♭ is approached from or resolved to F5.
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.