Tenor Saxophone
High F♯ on the Tenor Saxophone
Written F♯6 — sounds concert E5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
The high F fingering plus the high F♯ key, pressed with the right middle finger. Many student tenors stop at F and have no such key, in which case written F♯6 is an altissimo note. Even with the key it runs sharp and stuffy — drop the jaw and keep the air fast.
About this note
The high F fingering plus the high F♯ key, pressed with the right middle finger. Many student tenors stop at F and have no such key, in which case written F♯6 is an altissimo note. Even with the key it runs sharp and stuffy — drop the jaw and keep the air fast.
- Primary fingering: Octave key + Palm D key + Palm E♭ key + Palm F key + Side E key + High F♯ key
- Written pitch: F♯6 · Concert pitch: E5
- Sounding frequency: 659.26 Hz
Alternate fingerings for High F♯
- Fork (front) F♯: Octave key + Front F key + Left middle key + High F♯ key. When the line already uses front F, and when moving on into altissimo G and above.
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.