F♯4 on the B♭ Trumpet
To play F♯4 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. F♯4 is the 3rd.
Play along: hear the note for 2 beats, then you play it for 2.
The simple valve-2 fingering is the one to learn — the alternate exists only because a different partial can reach the same note.
The simple valve-2 fingering is the one to learn — the alternate exists only because a different partial can reach the same note.
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Alternate fingerings for F♯4
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
F♯4 is written F♯4 and sounds concert E4. It is the 3rd partial.
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 (the shape of your lips) 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.
Questions
How do you play F♯4 on trumpet?
To play F♯4 on trumpet, press valve 2. F♯4 is written F♯4 and sounds concert E4. It is the 3rd partial.
Is F♯4 written or concert pitch?
The name on this page is the written note you read. On B♭ trumpet it sounds concert E4.
Is there another fingering for F♯4?
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.