B♭ Trumpet
B♭5 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written B♭5 — sounds concert A♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B♭5
Concert A♭58th partial
Eighth partial with valve 1 alone. Blowing harder will not find this note; a faster air stream behind a firmer aperture will.
About this note
Eighth partial with valve 1 alone. Blowing harder will not find this note; a faster air stream behind a firmer aperture will.
- Primary fingering: Valves 1
- Written pitch: B♭5 · Concert pitch: A♭5
- Sounding frequency: 830.61 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 8 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for B♭5
- Open (7th partial): Open (no valves). The open 7th partial sounds a written Bb5 but roughly a third of a semitone flat; listed for reference and special effects only — it is not a usable orchestral fingering.
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.