G5 Trumpet Fingering
How to play G5 on the trumpet: Open — no valves pressed at all. This fingering is the same on cornet and flugelhorn — only the tone differs.
Filled valves in the diagram are the ones you press. Valve 1 is nearest you and is worked by your right index finger, valve 2 by the middle finger, and valve 3 — nearest the bell — by the ring finger. The same diagram serves the cornet and flugelhorn charts, because all three instruments share these combinations.
Hear G5 and try the fingering
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The G5 fingering, step by step
- Leave all three valves up — this is an open note. The pitch comes entirely from your lips and air, so hear the note in your head before you play it.
In short: open — no valves pressed at all.
Alternate fingering for G5
Valves 1 + 3 pressed.
Yamaha’s chart draws this 1+3 alternate for G5. It is a trill and flexibility fingering — sharp like every 1+3 combination — not a replacement for the open note in ordinary playing.
About G5 on the trumpet
The high register is played on the highest harmonics in the standard range, where the partials sit close together and the embouchure does most of the work. The valve combinations here are short ones — open, 2, 1, 1+2 and 2+3 — and accuracy comes from hearing the pitch before you play it.
G5 is open — the sixth harmonic. Yamaha’s chart draws a 1+3 alternate, kept for trills and flexibility exercises; for ordinary playing the open note is clearer and better in tune.
G5 is note 26 of the 31 in the full trumpet fingering chart, sitting between F♯5 below it and G♯5 above it. The same fingering serves the whole family — see it on the cornet fingering chart and the flugelhorn fingering chart too. Like every fingering on this site, it was checked against Yamaha’s official chart and the NoteAtlas valve chart before publishing.
Practising G5
High notes come from faster air through a smaller aperture, never from mouthpiece pressure. Practise this note in short bursts, rest as much as you play, and stop while it still feels good — tired practice teaches the wrong embouchure.
Questions about G5
What is the fingering for G5 on trumpet?
Open — no valves pressed at all. G5 is a high register note, fingered identically on trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn. The full step-by-step is on this page, and you can hear the note with the Fingering Finder.
What does G5 sound like on a trumpet?
Trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn are all transposing instruments in B♭, so written G5 sounds one whole step lower, as concert F5, on all three. When your band director asks for a concert F5, this is the note you finger.
Is there an alternate fingering for G5?
Yes — Valves 1 + 3 pressed. Yamaha’s chart draws this 1+3 alternate for G5. It is a trill and flexibility fingering — sharp like every 1+3 combination — not a replacement for the open note in ordinary playing.
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