C♯4 on the B♭ Trumpet
To play Low C♯ (C♯4) on trumpet, press valves 1 + 2 + 3.
What’s a partial?
With the same valves down your lips can buzz several notes. Each one is a partial, counted from the lowest. Low C♯ is the 3rd.
Play along: hear the note for 2 beats, then you play it for 2.
Third partial with 1-2-3, six semitones below open G4, and the worst-tuned fingering on the trumpet. Pull the third valve slide well out — and the first if your horn has a movable one — or C#4 will be sharp by an obvious margin.
Third partial with 1-2-3, six semitones below open G4, and the worst-tuned fingering on the trumpet. Pull the third valve slide well out — and the first if your horn has a movable one — or C#4 will be sharp by an obvious margin.
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About this note
Low C♯ is written C♯4 and sounds concert B3. It is the 3rd partial.
Third partial with 1-2-3, six semitones below open G4, and the worst-tuned fingering on the trumpet. Pull the third valve slide well out — and the first if your horn has a movable one — or C#4 will be sharp by an obvious margin. Three valves offer nothing better here, which is why other brass add a fourth.
- Primary fingering: Valves 1 + 2 + 3
- Written pitch: C♯4 · Concert pitch: B3
- Sounding frequency: 246.94 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 3: the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure (the shape of your lips) select the partial.
Questions
How do you play Low C♯ on trumpet?
To play Low C♯ (C♯4) on trumpet, press valves 1 + 2 + 3. Low C♯ is written C♯4 and sounds concert B3. It is the 3rd partial.
Is Low C♯ written or concert pitch?
The name on this page is the written note you read. On B♭ trumpet it sounds concert B3.
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.