B♭ Trumpet
A♭4 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written A♭4 — sounds concert G♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
A♭4
Concert G♭44th partialBeginner note
Fourth partial with 2-3, four semitones below open C5. Valve 1 alone would put this pitch on the badly flat 7th partial, which is exactly why every chart gives 2-3 here. Written Ab sounds concert Gb4.
About this note
Fourth partial with 2-3, four semitones below open C5. Valve 1 alone would put this pitch on the badly flat 7th partial, which is exactly why every chart gives 2-3 here. Written Ab sounds concert Gb4.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2 + 3
- Written pitch: A♭4 · Concert pitch: G♭4
- Sounding frequency: 369.99 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
B♭ Trumpet 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.