Tenor Saxophone
E♭5 on the Tenor Saxophone
Written E♭5 — sounds concert D♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E♭5
Concert D♭4
The low E♭ fingering plus the octave key. Slide the right pinky between the E♭ key and the low C key rather than lifting it; a floating pinky is the usual cause of a clumsy E♭–D.
About this note
The low E♭ fingering plus the octave key. Slide the right pinky between the E♭ key and the low C key rather than lifting it; a floating pinky is the usual cause of a clumsy E♭–D.
- Primary fingering: Octave key + Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Right index key + Right middle key + Right ring key + Right pinky low E♭ key
- Written pitch: E♭5 · Concert pitch: D♭4
- Sounding frequency: 277.18 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.