B♭ Trumpet
F4 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written F4 — sounds concert E♭4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
F4
Concert E♭43rd partialBeginner note
Third partial with valve 1 alone. Nothing else competes with it, which makes F4 a good tuning check for the first valve slide. Keep the same lip slot as G4 and let the valve do the work.
About this note
Third partial with valve 1 alone. Nothing else competes with it, which makes F4 a good tuning check for the first valve slide. Keep the same lip slot as G4 and let the valve do the work.
- Primary fingering: Valves 1
- Written pitch: F4 · Concert pitch: E♭4
- Sounding frequency: 311.13 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 3 — 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.