Tenor Saxophone

G♯4 on the Tenor Saxophone

Written G♯4 — sounds concert G♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.

G♯4
Concert G♭3
Written G♯4 on the treble staff

Add the left-pinky G♯ key to G. The G♯ pad is sprung shut and is the one most likely to stick on a school tenor — press it firmly for the whole note, or you get a veiled G instead of G♯.

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Add the left-pinky G♯ key to G. The G♯ pad is sprung shut and is the one most likely to stick on a school tenor — press it firmly for the whole note, or you get a veiled G instead of G♯.

  • Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Left pinky G♯ key
  • Written pitch: G♯4 · Concert pitch: G♭3
  • Sounding frequency: 185.00 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.