BB♭ Tuba
D♭3 on the BB♭ Tuba
Written D♭3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
D♭3
5th partialBeginner note
Fifth partial with valve 2, a semitone below open D3. The flatness of the 5th partial is most obvious here — check against a tuner before blaming the slide.
About this note
Fifth partial with valve 2, a semitone below open D3. The flatness of the 5th partial is most obvious here — check against a tuner before blaming the slide.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2
- Written pitch: D♭3
- Sounding frequency: 138.59 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 5 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for D♭3
- 2-3: Valves 2 + 3. A 6th-partial fingering for the same note, a standard substitute when it is approached from above.
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.