B♭ Trumpet
B♭3 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written B♭3 — sounds concert A♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B♭3
Concert A♭32nd partialBeginner note
Second partial with valve 1 alone, sounding concert Ab3. With only one valve down the tuning is honest, so Bb3 makes a good reference for setting up the low register. Hold the corners firm or it sags toward A3.
About this note
Second partial with valve 1 alone, sounding concert Ab3. With only one valve down the tuning is honest, so Bb3 makes a good reference for setting up the low register. Hold the corners firm or it sags toward A3.
- Primary fingering: Valves 1
- Written pitch: B♭3 · Concert pitch: A♭3
- Sounding frequency: 207.65 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 2 — 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.