E5 on the B♭ Trumpet
To play E5 on trumpet, press no valves: play it open.
What’s a partial?
With the same valves down your lips can buzz several notes. Each one is a partial, counted from the lowest. E5 is the 5th.
Play along: hear the note for 2 beats, then you play it for 2.
Lift it with lip firmness and air speed, not by pressing the mouthpiece harder into the lip.
Lift it with lip firmness and air speed, not by pressing the mouthpiece harder into the lip.
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Alternate fingerings for E5
Each alternate has its own link. Send it to a student and the page opens with that fingering on the big diagram.
Same fingering, different note
Your lips choose between these notes: the fingering stays the same.
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Written and sounding pitch, and how the note works
About this note
E5 is written E5 and sounds concert D5. It is the 5th partial.
Open horn on the 5th partial, and the one open note that is really flat on almost every trumpet. Lift it with lip firmness and air speed, not by pressing the mouthpiece harder into the lip.
- Primary fingering: Open (no valves)
- Written pitch: E5 · Concert pitch: D5
- Sounding frequency: 587.33 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 E5
- 1-2: Valves 1 + 2. Places E5 on the 6th partial rather than the 5th — used for trills and lip-flexibility drills, and occasionally to dodge the flat open slot.
Questions
How do you play E5 on trumpet?
To play E5 on trumpet, press no valves: play it open. E5 is written E5 and sounds concert D5. It is the 5th partial.
Is E5 written or concert pitch?
The name on this page is the written note you read. On B♭ trumpet it sounds concert D5.
Is there another fingering for E5?
1-2: Places E5 on the 6th partial rather than the 5th — used for trills and lip-flexibility drills, and occasionally to dodge the flat open slot.
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.