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Fingering charts

Tuba fingering chart

Every fingering for the tuba in B flat, from low to high. Valve 1 lowers by two semitones, valve 2 by one, valve 3 by three.

NoteValves
F#11+2+3
G11+3
G#12+3
A11+2
A#11
B12
C2open
C#21+2+3
D21+3
D#22+3
E21+2
F21
F#22
G2open
G#22+3
A21+2
A#21
B22
C3open
C#31+2
D31
D#32
E3open
F31
F#32
G3open
G#31
A32
A#3open
B32
C4open

Valve 1 lowers by two semitones, valve 2 by one, valve 3 by three. Every fingering here is computed from that rather than copied — and the one using the fewest valves is always chosen.

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Every note on this page is computed, not typed in — following the rule that also makes F# major spell its seventh degree E#, not F.