BB♭ Tuba
G1 on the BB♭ Tuba
Written G1. Tap the diagram to hear it.
G1
2nd partialBeginner note
Second partial with 1-2, or valve 3 alone. Drop the jaw and open the throat: if the note will not start, the aperture is too tight, not the air too soft.
About this note
Second partial with 1-2, or valve 3 alone. Drop the jaw and open the throat: if the note will not start, the aperture is too tight, not the air too soft.
- Primary fingering: Valves 1 + 2
- Written pitch: G1
- Sounding frequency: 49.00 Hz
- Harmonic partial: 2 — the valves set the tube length, but your air and embouchure select the partial.
Alternate fingerings for G1
- 3: Valves 3. Valve 3 alone lowers the same minor third as 1-2 and often sits truer in tune this low.
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.