Tenor Saxophone

High E♭ on the Tenor Saxophone

Written E♭6 — sounds concert D♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.

E♭6
Concert D♭5
Written E♭6 on the treble staff

The D and E♭ palm keys with the octave key. Roll the heel of the left hand onto them and keep the palm loose — mashing the keys drags the left fingers off their pearls.

About this note

The D and E♭ palm keys with the octave key. Roll the heel of the left hand onto them and keep the palm loose — mashing the keys drags the left fingers off their pearls.

  • Primary fingering: Octave key + Palm D key + Palm E♭ key
  • Written pitch: E♭6 · Concert pitch: D♭5
  • Sounding frequency: 554.37 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.