What note is this?

I'm trying to be kind here. We just had a converstation about how us older guys need to resist the urge to be snarky to newbie questions. I won't do the work for you but you might want to try looking up a fingering chart for alto saxophone. Try Taming the Saxophone site: https://tamingthesaxophone.com/lessons/beginners/fingering-chart

Honestly I can't help you. It looks like maybe a fingering for the altissimo range, something I'm not good at.

It’s a microtonal flat C
Like C half b

why do you ask?

This made me smile because it reminded me of when my daughter was a toddler. She would say random strings of letters and ask, “what does that spell?”

Like that, your fingering is complete nonsense.

The side keys for the right hand are called side keys. If you fingered A (LH 1 and 2) and the octave key and the 3rd (lowest) side key, not the middle one, you'd get Bb up an octave - Bb above the staff ("Bb2" I think). Maybe that's what you're supposed to be playing.

Or maybe it's supposed to be octave, LH 1, and middle side key (side C), without LH 2? That would be C above the staff.

chisommm said:

Its a regular A (with octave key) but also with the middle thing for the right hand (dont know what its called)

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Why do you ask? Is this a “note” that you discovered, or something that a friend showed you?

As others have observed, it is not a standard fingering.

So the description is wrong, assuming the red dots are indicating the keys pressed: octave, front F and side C. I've seen this sometimes as a high G#, when G is played Front F and side Bb.

Front F and side Bb is frequently used for G3. Front F side C does nothing for me, but perhaps it does on your horn. Altissimo is more voicing than fingers.

That's an "H".

Ixthusdan said:

Front F and side Bb is frequently used for G3. Front F side C does nothing for me, but perhaps it does on your horn. Altissimo is more voicing than fingers.

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Completely. It just works (ish) for me on my tenor. On alto, literally just now, finally got a fingering for G and G# that I'm happy with which are more usual: L1, L3, R1 and side Bb for G, then to side C for G#.

I'm pretty sure the OP is just a beginner and got the fingering wrong. It's pretty unlikely somebody who calls side C the "middle thing" is into weird altissimo fingerings. He probably meant to fill in the keys for side Bb but used front F and B instead of B and A and side C instead of side Bb. A beginner won't know what front F is and would easily mistake it for B.

lydian said:

I'm pretty sure the OP is just a beginner and got the fingering wrong. It's pretty unlikely somebody who calls side C the "middle thing" is into weird altissimo fingerings. He probably meant to fill in the keys for side Bb but used front F and B instead of B and A and side C instead of side Bb. A beginner won't know what front F is and would easily mistake it for B.

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+1

I’m starting to believe that too. After a few weeks of squeaking, they may be back to ask why it’s not working, and then a conversation about voicing will ensue. Or perhaps they will search on “altissimo” in the meantime.

lydian said:

I'm pretty sure the OP is just a beginner and got the fingering wrong. It's pretty unlikely somebody who calls side C the "middle thing" is into weird altissimo fingerings. He probably meant to fill in the keys for side Bb but used front F and B instead of B and A and side C instead of side Bb. A beginner won't know what front F is and would easily mistake it for B.

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Makes sense and plausible; I was thinking of it from a different angle that they found the image posted somewhere and then mos interpreted the keys of the left hand.

So, what note are you getting? Use Tuner Ninja - Online instrument tuner to get the concert pitch and then you just need to add/subtract (for alto /tenor) and you'll have the answer. Most likely it is "somewhere in between"

Dr G said:

+1

I’m starting to believe that too. After a few weeks of squeaking, they may be back to ask why it’s not working, and then a conversation about voicing will ensue. Or perhaps they will search on “altissimo” in the meantime.

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Maybe they'll ask why they are squeaking, be given how to fix said squeaking. Then say they fixed it by playing tighter on the reed.

Mrblackbat said:

Completely. It just works (ish) for me on my tenor. On alto, literally just now, finally got a fingering for G and G# that I'm happy with which are more usual: L1, L3, R1 and side Bb for G, then to side C for G#.

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On tenor, I use 1-side F# for G3. Front F does not speak G3 as well, although I use Front F 2-3 for E3 and Front F- 2 for F3, rather than the palm keys. F#3 is 1-3-4.

chisommm said:

Its a regular A (with octave key) but also with the middle thing for the right hand (dont know what its called)


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On tenor, I use that fingering for F#. Use a tuner.

ROC said:

It’s a microtonal flat C
Like C half b

why do you ask?

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I was trying to figure out a note I heard in a video and it sounded correct, but I didnt know what note it was since I couldnt get the same note on my piano. I realised after that my saxophone was a little off tune though but thanks!

Also I wasnt trying to play altissimo I didnt know what that was, and whenever I use the fingering I showed, I always get the same sound, no squeaking at all