B♭ Trumpet
F♯5 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written F♯5 — sounds concert E5. Tap the diagram to hear it.
F♯5
Concert E56th partial
Sixth partial with valve 2, a semitone under G5. The neighbouring slots are only a tone apart at this height, so a lazy attack drops onto F5 or slides up to G5. Fast air and a definite tongue.
About this note
Sixth partial with valve 2, a semitone under G5. The neighbouring slots are only a tone apart at this height, so a lazy attack drops onto F5 or slides up to G5. Fast air and a definite tongue.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2
- Written pitch: F♯5 · Concert pitch: E5
- Sounding frequency: 659.26 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 6 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
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.