Tenor Saxophone
C6 on the Tenor Saxophone
Written C6 — sounds concert B♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
C6
Concert B♭4
Left middle finger and the octave key — the top of the ordinary pattern before the palm keys. From here a faster air column matters far more than a firmer embouchure.
About this note
Left middle finger and the octave key — the top of the ordinary pattern before the palm keys. From here a faster air column matters far more than a firmer embouchure.
- Primary fingering: Octave key + Left middle key
- Written pitch: C6 · Concert pitch: B♭4
- Sounding frequency: 466.16 Hz
Alternate fingerings for C6
- Side C (left index + side C key): Octave key + Left index key + Side C key. In chromatic passages and B–C trills in the upper register.
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.