Tenor Saxophone
Low B♭ on the Tenor Saxophone
Written B♭3 — sounds concert A♭2. Tap the diagram to hear it.
The bottom of the horn: every finger, the left-pinky B♭ paddle and the right pinky holding the low C key. A tenor's bell is long enough that this note needs slow, warm air and a completely relaxed jaw — bite even slightly and it jumps up the octave or refuses to speak at all.
About this note
The bottom of the horn: every finger, the left-pinky B♭ paddle and the right pinky holding the low C key. A tenor's bell is long enough that this note needs slow, warm air and a completely relaxed jaw — bite even slightly and it jumps up the octave or refuses to speak at all.
- Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Right index key + Right middle key + Right ring key + Left pinky low B♭ key + Right pinky low C key
- Written pitch: B♭3 · Concert pitch: A♭2
- Sounding frequency: 103.83 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.