B♭ Trumpet
C♯4 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written C♯4 — sounds concert B3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
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.
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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 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.