BB♭ Tuba
A2 on the BB♭ Tuba
Written A2. Tap the diagram to hear it.
A2
4th partialBeginner note
Fourth partial with valve 2, a semitone under open B♭2. Valve 2 needs no slide correction, so A2 is a clean intonation check.
About this note
Fourth partial with valve 2, a semitone under open B♭2. Valve 2 needs no slide correction, so A2 is a clean intonation check.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2
- Written pitch: A2
- Sounding frequency: 110.00 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 4 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for A2
- 1-3: Valves 1 + 3. The same pitch off the 5th partial, used for trills; sharp like every 1-3 fingering.
BB♭ Tuba 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.