First Octave - Trill Fingering Chart for Saxophone

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Trill Fingering Chart for Saxophone
First Octave: A₃ to C#₅
This fingering chart includes trill fingerings, which are fingerings designed for rapid alternation between two notes at an interval of a minor second (semitone) or a major second (whole tone) apart. Many of these fingerings can also be used as alternate fingerings for some fast passages. Keys to be trilled are indicated in red. When more than one key is to be trilled, the keys should be simultaneously pressed and simultaneously released, unless the description says to alternate pressing and releasing the keys. These fingerings are the same on all sizes of saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass) unless specified otherwise.

Trill	Fingering	Description	Src.
A₃–B₃	A 123^Bb\|123_C	Trill the low A key. For models with a low A key.
A₃–B₃	A 123^B\|123_C	Trill the low A key. For models with a low A key.
A₃–B₃ B₃–C₄	123^{B Bb}\|123_C	Impractical.
A₃–B₃ B₃–C₄	123^Bb\|123_C	Finger A#₃. Extend RH 2 across bell stack to hold low B closed, pressing directly on the pad cup arm with the top of RH 2. Hold the E/F# key closed with middle knuckle of RH 2. Trill the low Bb key with LH little finger.	CB
A₃–B₃ B₃–C₄	123^Bb\|123_C
B₃–C₄	123^B\|123_C
B₃–C₄ C₄–D₄	123^{C# B}\|123_C	Impractical.
B₃–C₄ C₄–D₄	123^C#\|123_C
C₄–D₄	123\|123_C
C₄–D₄	123^C#\|123_C
C₄–D₄ D₄–E₄	123^C#\|123_{Eb C}	Impractical.
D₄–E₄	123\|123_Eb
D₄–E₄	123\|123
D₄–E₄ E₄–F₄	123\|123_Eb
D₄–E₄ E₄–F₄	123\|123_Eb
E₄–F₄	123\|12–
E₄–F₄ F₄–G₄	123\|12–
E₄–F₄ F₄–G₄	123\|1–_F#–
F₄–G₄	123\|1––
F₄–G₄	123\|–2–
F₄–G₄ G₄–A₄	123^G#\|–2–
G₄–A₄	123^G#\|–––
	123^C#\|–––
	123^B\|–––
	123^Bb\|–––
	123\|–––_B	Trill low B cup pad on bell with RH 3. For curved models, rather than straight models like most sopranos.	JS
G₄–A₄	123\|–––
G₄–A₄	123^G#\|–––
G₄–A₄ A₄–B₄	123^G#\|_Bb–––
G₄–A₄ A₄–B₄	1^Bb23^G#\|–––
A₄–B₄	12–\|_Bb–––
A₄–B₄	1^Bb2–\|–––
A₄–B₄	12–\|–––
A₄–B₄ B₄–C₅	12–\|_Bb–––
	1––\|1––
	1––\|–2–
A₄–B₄ B₄–C₅	12–\|_Bb–––
A₄–B₄ B₄–C₅	1^Bb––\|_C–––
B₄–C₅	1––\|_C–––
B₄–C₅ C₅–D₅	1––\|–––
B₄–C₅ C₅–D₅	–2–\|–––
C₅–D₅	^Eb–2–\|–––
C₅–D₅	T 123\|123_C
C₅–D₅	^D–––\|–––
C₅–D₅	T 123\|123		HR
C₅–D₅ D₅–E₅	–––\|_E–––
C₅–D₅ D₅–E₅	T 123\|123_Eb		MF
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