Oboe · treble clef
Lowest Note on Oboe
The lowest standard note on the oboe is B♭, written just below the first ledger line below the staff. Here is its fingering.
Concert pitch
B♭
Press: left first finger, left second finger, left third finger, low B♭ key, right first finger, right second finger, right third finger and low C key.
Hold down the low C key with the right pinky as well as the low B♭ key. Some student oboes stop at low B and have no B♭ key.
Nearby notes
B
Hold down the low C key with the right pinky as well as the low B key.
C
See every note on one page in the oboe fingering chart.