It is my intent to build here a comprehensive library of articles, tips, and resources for the trombone and low brass artist, teacher, and student. But as the artistic performance of these three instruments share much common ground, you’ll find some cross-over of tips, advice, and music resources. As the trombone is a member of the low brass family of musical instruments that encompasses the trombone, euphonium, and tuba, the links in this section focus on the tuba. My mission in providing this information is to assist everyone involved and interested in Low Brass improve their musical performance, skills, and opportunities. Other articles and resources help the beginning trombone student, more advanced students and established players develop their mastery of the instrument and further enjoy their performance. It`s alright, but the slide became crap really fast.Several resources are oriented towards the student and player: history of the trombone, choosing the right trombone for you, tips for trombone players and so on. I bought the Jupiter just because i thought it was cool. Here’s a fingering chart that is very helpful for trombonists switching from trumpet. If you bought a Thein or Miraphone soprano and spent that kind of money on it, you`d know what you were doing with it before you ever shelled out that money. BUT i`m assuming you bought a Jupiter soprano for like 300 bucks. Here you can find an illustration and explanation of all the trombone slide positions that can be used alongside the trombone position chart. The 'magic' part was to change the pitch from 54 to 40. I have kept it simple: Tenor trombone, no valve.

Non-Compensating 4 valve Euphonium Fingering Charts & player tips from Norlan Bewley, Low Brass music educator, clinician, arranger, composer of low brass instruments. I did what you said, opened the js file, replaced all the finger positions with slide positions based on finger and position charts. See my instructional videos on my Norlan Bewley YouTube Channel. The slide positions will all be relatively the same as a tenor trombone in relation to the bell. Sheet Music & MP3 Tracks for Low Brass Ensembles: Trombone, Tuba, and Euphonium. Any key tuba can play a 'tuba' part, just with different fingerings. The player just uses different fingerings for each length tuba. Tuba music is all written in concert pitch, whether Bb, C, Eb or F tuba. A soprano trombone has a moving handslide and stationary bell. See also Dependent Double-Attachment System, page 301 Double Valve Trombone, Figure 4.19. The key of the trombone just means what note sounds as the harmonic fundamental - a function of the length of the instrument. Today’s modern piston trumpet has three valves. Most slide trumpets had a 4 note capacity to them. But before you can use a fingering chart correctly, you’ll need to understand how a trumpet works. Slide trumpets were medieval instruments in which the bell moved back and forth, not the handslide. In this case, the lines and spaces indicate specific. For example, ‘T3. Tenor clef is used for bassoon, cello, trombone, and double bass when the. And waht he is talking about IS NOT A SLIDE TRUMPET. For reasons of simplicity, I’ve notated the slide positions all in relation to the normal Bb trombone with no valve in use. 3rd space on tenor clef reads as a B on tenor, but you move them up spaces and lines like you would treble. 3rd space on treble is a trumpet C which transposes to a trombone Bb. (and also add 2 flats to whatever the key signature is to make it bass)It`s also just like reading tenor clef. The Low Brass Players Guide to Doubling, published by Mountain Peak Music. F (flat whole step fifth valve) F (major third fifth valve) Additional charts and related materials for these and other low brass instruments can be found in Dr. To convert treble into what you would see for bass clef, move any note on a space up 2 spaces, or if on a line move it up 2 lines and it will look like it should for bass clef. CC (flat whole step fifth valve) CC (major third fifth valve) E-Flat. primary use of the valve trombone is to facilitate a lower brass player in doubling on the trombone. There are seven columns, one for every position or valve combination. Soprano trombone can either transpose a trombone part up an octave, or you can read it treble from a trumpet. The higher the note, the higher it is on the column.

The only thing that really uses soprano clef is a Viola. Ummmm the soprano clef has nothing to do with the instrument being called soprano.

Valve trombone position chart