Tenor Saxophone

Low E♭ on the Tenor Saxophone

Written E♭4 — sounds concert D♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.

E♭4
Concert D♭3
Written E♭4 on the treble staff

Add the right-pinky E♭ key to the low D fingering. The E♭ key opens a pad rather than closing one, so adding a finger raises the pitch here; slide the pinky to it rather than lifting clear.

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Add the right-pinky E♭ key to the low D fingering. The E♭ key opens a pad rather than closing one, so adding a finger raises the pitch here; slide the pinky to it rather than lifting clear.

  • Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Right index key + Right middle key + Right ring key + Right pinky low E♭ key
  • Written pitch: E♭4 · Concert pitch: D♭3
  • Sounding frequency: 138.59 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.