BB♭ Tuba
F1 on the BB♭ Tuba
Written F1. Tap the diagram to hear it.
F1
2nd partial
Second partial with 1-3, and sharp like every 1-3 combination — a four-valve tuba takes valve 4 alone instead. Keep the air slow and enormous; the tuba wants volume of air, not pressure.
About this note
Second partial with 1-3, and sharp like every 1-3 combination — a four-valve tuba takes valve 4 alone instead. Keep the air slow and enormous; the tuba wants volume of air, not pressure.
- Primary fingering: Valves 1 + 3
- Written pitch: F1
- Sounding frequency: 43.65 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 2 — 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.