B♭ Trumpet
E5 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written E5 — sounds concert D5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E5
Concert D55th partialBeginner note
Open horn on the 5th partial, and the one open note that is genuinely flat on almost every trumpet. Lift it with lip firmness and air speed, not by pressing the mouthpiece harder into the lip.
About this note
Open horn on the 5th partial, and the one open note that is genuinely 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 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.
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.