#Beginner trombone slide position chart plus#
#Beginner trombone slide position chart series#

I hope these fingering charts will be a valuable visual aid for you. Playing a tenorbass trombone or bass trombone. If there are two ways to play it, click the Switch Position button to switch between the two. When there are two red numbers for the same note, it means that there are two variations for the slide position to create that note. Click the note on the sheet to show the position to use. On each page, the slide position in red corresponds to the particular note depicted. However, the slide has no markers indicating these positions. The trombone’s slide has seven positions: the 1st position is when the slide is pulled closest to you and 7th is when it is fully extended. The musical notes in this e-book cover almost 3 octaves from E2 to B4. Each note here has its own page in the e-book. This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal.

The e-book includes 32 trombone diagrams with fingering positions, along with pitch names and staff notations. A fun and colorful slide position chart thats a visual aid for all trombone players in their practice. When the slide gets longer, the pitch goes lower. The trombone changes length when the player extends the main slide. The trombone has a special extendable slide that functions as the valves do on other brass instruments. Like all brass instruments, the trombone changes pitch when the physical length of the tubing the air passes through changes.

#Beginner trombone slide position chart plus#

(T the F attachment trigger plus the slide position number, TT both triggers plus the slide position number, Gb the Gb second trigger plus the slide position number.) Go Here for the slide position chart for a trombone with an F attachment trigger. I hope you have learnt something new.This e-book aims to help beginners play the trombone. This is the slide position chart for a Bb-F-Gb independent double trigger bass trombone. Please find below trombone notes: Trombone slide positions: 1st position- all the way in 2nd position-between 2.5' & 3' out 3rd position-brace just before the bell 4th position-end of slide just past the bell 5th position-mid way between the bell and stocking 6th position-just before the stockings 7th position-past the stockings just before it falls off Below is a rough guide for where each position is on the trombone, be aware that each trombone is different and will need to use your ears to correctly put the slide in the correct place to play in tune.

i. Another way to look at it would be the similarities between tenor trombone slide positions and trumpet fingerings would be the same.

Therefore I do not recommend playing it using this position. If that is the case, the positions would be the same as tenor trombone, sounding an octave higher. The Note in black the 7 th harmonic and is very flat when played with the slide all the way in.

#Beginner trombone slide position chart series#

The Harmonic series of a trombone These notes below show the pitches that can be played by not moving the slide but just tightening up and loosing the lips. A high buzz will be created by tight lips and a fast stream of air pushed through them causing a high frequency of vibrations this will result in a produce a high note. This is done by tightening and loosening the tension of your lips, this will create a higher or lower sounding buzz. Also obvious, of course, is the missing B1. The Cs are usually played at an overextension of about 620 mm, as shown, where they are still 27¢ sharp and require embouchure adjustment. To get all of the pitches, you need change the Harmonic series. Also note the 'correct' position of C2 and its pedal-at 661 mm, well beyond slide-alone 7th position (at 613 mm). The trombone is the only brass instrument that doesn’t use valves to change the pitch within a harmonic series of notes.