B♭ Trumpet
G4 on the B♭ Trumpet
Written G4 — sounds concert F4. Tap the diagram to hear it.
G4
Concert F43rd partialBeginner note
Open horn on the 3rd partial, the middle-register anchor. The 3rd partial is naturally a shade sharp on most trumpets, so correct it at the main tuning slide rather than dragging it down with the lip.
About this note
Open horn on the 3rd partial, the middle-register anchor. The 3rd partial is naturally a shade sharp on most trumpets, so correct it at the main tuning slide rather than dragging it down with the lip.
- Primary fingering: Open (no valves)
- Written pitch: G4 · Concert pitch: F4
- Sounding frequency: 349.23 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 3 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for G4
- 1-3: Valves 1 + 3. A 4th-partial fingering for the same pitch, used for trills and lip-flexibility work; it inherits the sharpness of 1-3, so pull the third slide.
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.