Tenor Saxophone

Low F on the Tenor Saxophone

Written F4 — sounds concert E♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.

F4
Concert E♭3Beginner note
Written F4 on the treble staff

Left hand down and the right index finger. Slur F–E–D slowly and drop the right-hand fingers as a unit — on a tenor the pearls are further apart than on alto and the fingers need to travel together.

About this note

Left hand down and the right index finger. Slur F–E–D slowly and drop the right-hand fingers as a unit — on a tenor the pearls are further apart than on alto and the fingers need to travel together.

  • Primary fingering: Left index key + Left middle key + Left ring key + Right index key
  • Written pitch: F4 · Concert pitch: E♭3
  • Sounding frequency: 155.56 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.