B♭ Trumpet
F♯4 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written F♯4 — sounds concert E4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
F♯4
Concert E43rd partialBeginner note
Third partial with valve 2, one semitone below open G4. The simple valve-2 fingering is the one to learn — the alternate exists only because a different partial can reach the same note.
About this note
Third partial with valve 2, one semitone below open G4. The simple valve-2 fingering is the one to learn — the alternate exists only because a different partial can reach the same note.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2
- Written pitch: F♯4 · Concert pitch: E4
- Sounding frequency: 329.63 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 3 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for F♯4
- 1-2-3: Valves 1 + 2 + 3. Reaches the same pitch from the 4th partial instead; much sharper, so it is kept for trills and awkward slurs rather than ordinary playing.
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.