Tuba Fingering Chart

for
4 valve BBb Tuba

Dr. Yutaka Kono

Assistant Professor of Music
Director of Orchestra
The University of Vermont
yutakatuba@mac.com

?
nw

nw

#w bw

nw

B
(23)

C
1234

C# Db
134

D
234

#w bw
A#
0

Bb

#w bw
D#
14

nw

Eb

E
24

#w bw

nw

?
#w bw

nw

#w bw

nw

nw

A#
F
4

F#
23

Gb

G#
1

G
12

Ab

A
2

Bb

24

?
#w bw

nw

#w bw

nw

D#
C
4

C#
23

Db

D
12

Eb

nw

nw

#w bw

nw

F# Gb

23

12

?
#w bw
G#
1

Ab

#w bw

nw

nw

#w bw

nw

nw
A
2

A# Bb
0

B
12

C
1

C# Db
2

D
0

? #w

bw

nw

nw

D#
1

Eb

E
2

F
0

#w bw
F#
23

Gb

nw

#w bw

G
12

G# Ab
1

#w bw

#w

bw

nw

nw

#w bw

nw

? 4 nw
4

A#
0

Bb

A
2

B
12

C
1

C# Db
2

D
0

nw

nw

E
2

F
0

#w bw

nw

#w bw

nw

#w bw

G
12

G# Ab
1

A
2

A# Bb
0

?
F#
23

Gb

*In some cases, 12 should be substituted with 3

** For 3 valve tuba, 4 should be substituted with 13
2012 Yutaka Kono, All Rights Reserved
This chart may be freely copied and distributed as long as the author is notified by email at yutakatuba@mac.com

D#
1

Eb