Tenor Saxophone
C♯6 on the Tenor Saxophone
Written C♯6 — sounds concert B4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
C♯6
Concert B4
The octave key alone. Thin and slippery on every saxophone because nothing is closed; dropping the right hand onto the horn steadies the pitch and darkens the tone without changing the note.
About this note
The octave key alone. Thin and slippery on every saxophone because nothing is closed; dropping the right hand onto the horn steadies the pitch and darkens the tone without changing the note.
- Primary fingering: Octave key
- Written pitch: C♯6 · Concert pitch: B4
- Sounding frequency: 493.88 Hz
Alternate fingerings for C♯6
- C♯6 with the right hand down: Octave key + Right index key + Right middle key + Right ring key. To steady and darken a note that is otherwise thin and unstable, especially on long or exposed C♯s.
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.