Tenor Saxophone
Low D on the Tenor Saxophone
Written D4 — sounds concert C3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
All six fingers and no pinky keys: the reference fingering the whole low register is built from. Low D sounds concert C3, an octave below middle C, and it is the tenor's classic diagnostic note — if it speaks with warm air and a loose jaw the horn is sealing, and if it honks or splits the reed is being pinched.
About this note
All six fingers and no pinky keys: the reference fingering the whole low register is built from. Low D sounds concert C3, an octave below middle C, and it is the tenor's classic diagnostic note — if it speaks with warm air and a loose jaw the horn is sealing, and if it honks or splits the reed is being pinched.
- Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Right index key + Right middle key + Right ring key
- Written pitch: D4 · Concert pitch: C3
- Sounding frequency: 130.81 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.