Tenor Saxophone

D5 on the Tenor Saxophone

Written D5 — sounds concert C4. Tap the diagram to hear it.

D5
Concert C4Beginner note
Written D5 on the treble staff

Low D with the octave key: the register break. Slur D4 to D5 with the fingers glued down and only the thumb moving — if the jaw has to help, the air is doing too little. This D sounds concert C4, middle C.

About this note

Low D with the octave key: the register break. Slur D4 to D5 with the fingers glued down and only the thumb moving — if the jaw has to help, the air is doing too little. This D sounds concert C4, middle C.

  • Primary fingering: Octave key + Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Right index key + Right middle key + Right ring key
  • Written pitch: D5 · Concert pitch: C4
  • Sounding frequency: 261.63 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.