A4 on the B♭ Trumpet
To play A4 on trumpet, press valves 1 + 2.
What’s a partial?
With the same valves down your lips can buzz several notes. Each one is a partial, counted from the lowest. A4 is the 4th.
Play along: hear the note for 2 beats, then you play it for 2.
Fourth partial with 1-2, a minor third under C5. Whichever fingering you choose, the lip slot is identical — the valves only change how much tubing that slot is speaking through.
Fourth partial with 1-2, a minor third under C5. Whichever fingering you choose, the lip slot is identical — the valves only change how much tubing that slot is speaking through.
Sound and display
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Alternate fingerings for A4
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Same fingering, different note
Your lips choose between these notes: the fingering stays the same.
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Written and sounding pitch, and how the note works
About this note
A4 is written A4 and sounds concert G4. It is the 4th partial.
Fourth partial with 1-2, a minor third under C5. Whichever fingering you choose, the lip slot is identical — the valves only change how much tubing that slot is speaking through.
- Primary fingering: Valves 1 + 2
- Written pitch: A4 · Concert pitch: G4
- Sounding frequency: 392.00 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4: the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure (the shape of your lips) select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for A4
- 3: Valves 3. The usual alternate — same minor third, same 4th-partial slot; some players find it truer in tune and it saves a finger move in a chromatic run.
Questions
How do you play A4 on trumpet?
To play A4 on trumpet, press valves 1 + 2. A4 is written A4 and sounds concert G4. It is the 4th partial.
Is A4 written or concert pitch?
The name on this page is the written note you read. On B♭ trumpet it sounds concert G4.
Is there another fingering for A4?
3: The usual alternate — same minor third, same 4th-partial slot; some players find it truer in tune and it saves a finger move in a chromatic run.
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.