B4 on the B♭ Trumpet
To play B4 on trumpet, press valve 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. B4 is the 4th.
Play along: hear the note for 2 beats, then you play it for 2.
Valve 2 needs no slide correction, so B4 is a clean intonation check.
Valve 2 needs no slide correction, so B4 is a clean intonation check.
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Alternate fingerings for B4
Each alternate has its own link. Send it to a student and the page opens with that fingering on the big diagram.
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
B4 is written B4 and sounds concert A4. It is the 4th partial.
Fourth partial with valve 2, a semitone under open C5 — and the note that sounds concert A4, the 440 Hz reference. Valve 2 needs no slide correction, so B4 is a clean intonation check.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2
- Written pitch: B4 · Concert pitch: A4
- Sounding frequency: 440.00 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 B4
- 1-3: Valves 1 + 3. The same pitch off the 5th partial, used for trills; it runs sharp like every 1-3 fingering.
Questions
How do you play B4 on trumpet?
To play B4 on trumpet, press valve 2. B4 is written B4 and sounds concert A4. It is the 4th partial.
Is B4 written or concert pitch?
The name on this page is the written note you read. On B♭ trumpet it sounds concert A4.
Is there another fingering for B4?
1-3: The same pitch off the 5th partial, used for trills; it runs sharp like every 1-3 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.