B♭ Trumpet
A♭5 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written A♭5 — sounds concert G♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
Eighth partial with 2-3, four semitones below high C. Valve 1 would land on the unusable flat 7th partial, so 2-3 is the fingering every chart gives. Above the staff the slots are only a semitone apart — the lip, not the valve, decides whether Ab5 or A5 comes out.
About this note
Eighth partial with 2-3, four semitones below high C. Valve 1 would land on the unusable flat 7th partial, so 2-3 is the fingering every chart gives. Above the staff the slots are only a semitone apart — the lip, not the valve, decides whether Ab5 or A5 comes out.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2 + 3
- Written pitch: A♭5 · Concert pitch: G♭5
- Sounding frequency: 739.99 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 8 — 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.