F♯5 on the B♭ Trumpet
To play F♯5 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♯5 is the 6th.
Play along: hear the note for 2 beats, then you play it for 2.
The neighboring 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.
The neighboring 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.
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About this note
F♯5 is written F♯5 and sounds concert E5. It is the 6th partial.
Sixth partial with valve 2, a semitone under G5. The neighboring 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 (the shape of your lips) select the partial.
Questions
How do you play F♯5 on trumpet?
To play F♯5 on trumpet, press valve 2. F♯5 is written F♯5 and sounds concert E5. It is the 6th partial.
Is F♯5 written or concert pitch?
The name on this page is the written note you read. On B♭ trumpet it sounds concert E5.
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.