E♭5 on the B♭ Trumpet
To play E♭5 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. E♭5 is the 5th.
Play along: hear the note for 2 beats, then you play it for 2.
The flatness of the 5th partial is at its most obvious here, so check Eb5 against a tuner before assuming the slide is wrong.
The flatness of the 5th partial is at its most obvious here, so check Eb5 against a tuner before assuming the slide is wrong.
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Alternate fingerings for E♭5
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Same fingering, different note
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Written and sounding pitch, and how the note works
About this note
E♭5 is written E♭5 and sounds concert D♭5. It is the 5th partial.
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 (the shape of your lips) 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.
Questions
How do you play E♭5 on trumpet?
To play E♭5 on trumpet, press valve 2. E♭5 is written E♭5 and sounds concert D♭5. It is the 5th partial.
Is E♭5 written or concert pitch?
The name on this page is the written note you read. On B♭ trumpet it sounds concert D♭5.
Is there another fingering for E♭5?
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.