B♭ Trumpet
B5 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written B5 — sounds concert A5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
B5
Concert A58th partial
Eighth partial with valve 2, a semitone below high C. B5 is often the last note students can play reliably before high C, so build the slot here instead of reaching straight for C6. Keep the throat open — tension closes the sound off.
About this note
Eighth partial with valve 2, a semitone below high C. B5 is often the last note students can play reliably before high C, so build the slot here instead of reaching straight for C6. Keep the throat open — tension closes the sound off.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2
- Written pitch: B5 · Concert pitch: A5
- Sounding frequency: 880.00 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.