BB♭ Tuba
E3 on the BB♭ Tuba
Written E3. Tap the diagram to hear it.
E3
6th partial
Sixth partial with valve 2, a semitone under F3. The slots are close together here; a lazy attack drops to E♭3 or slides up to F3.
About this note
Sixth partial with valve 2, a semitone under F3. The slots are close together here; a lazy attack drops to E♭3 or slides up to F3.
- Primary fingering: Valves 2
- Written pitch: E3
- Sounding frequency: 164.81 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 6 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
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.