B♭ Trumpet
E♭5 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written E♭5 — sounds concert D♭5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E♭5
Concert D♭55th partialBeginner note
Fifth partial with valve 2, a semitone below open E5. The flatness of the 5th partial is at its most obvious here, so check Eb5 against a tuner before assuming the slide is wrong.
About this note
Fifth partial with valve 2, a semitone below open E5. The flatness of the 5th partial is at its most obvious here, so check Eb5 against a tuner before assuming the slide is wrong.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2
- Written pitch: E♭5 · Concert pitch: D♭5
- Sounding frequency: 554.37 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 5 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for E♭5
- 2-3: Valves 2 + 3. A 6th-partial fingering for the same note; a standard substitute where Eb5 is approached from above.
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.