If you’d like to help with this mission, send me your recommendations on the kind of material you’d like to see here. 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. If you sound thin, you will have a hard time blending in with the other instruments.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’ll leave you with a couple of videos I produced of my favorite place to play: outside! If you plan to play alto within the context of a band expecting you to sound close to a tenor, you’ll need to work on your sound. I have never cared to have a trigger on my alto. With a trigger, you can play all those notes directly above pedal Eb. Of course, I am referring to an alto without a trigger. Unlike the natural notes, the false tones are mostly dependent on your ear. The second reason is to strengthen your ear for hearing pitch on the alto. The staff below shows the first five overtones of the harmonic series for each slide position, indicated as V1, etc. Heres a three octave slide position chart and a first position (fundamental) overtone chart for the alto trombone. So are the harmonic anomalies like the 7th overtone being flat and therefore must be pulled up. Keep in mind that the alto is a perfect fourth above the tenor. The first reason is so that you can play notes you might be expected to play from a tenor trombone part. 6th position is played where 7th would ordinarily be. The second part is a positioning chart from the pedal Eb to the high Eb. ![]() I do recommend that you learn to play those false tones between E and Ab for two reasons. Pedal Eb is in first position and low A is the next natural tone on the horn. In the above chart, I have identified the alternate positions after the “/”.īecause of the physics of the alto trombone, the lowest natural note just above the “false” tones is concert A. Especially if you are a tenor trombone player, you’ll want to learn the alto trombone using the same notation that you are used to.īelow is a comparison of the first position overtone series between alto and tenor. Unless you plan on being a symphonic player where those ancient parts for alto were written in alto clef, learn the instrument in bass clef. In fact, I think it is pretty silly to learn alto trombone in alto clef. ![]() Reading alto clef is NOT required for alto trombone. The second partial on a tenor is Bb at the bottom of the bass clef staff, and the corresponding partial for the alto is the Eb in the middle of the bass clef staff.īefore showing you the position chart, let me make one point. The sixth slide position on a trombone is just before the stockings. That tells you that the partials on the alto are a fourth higher than tenor. ![]() The fundamental of a tenor trombone is concert Bb and the fundamental for an alto trombone is concert Eb. In case you may not be aware, the slide positions for alto trombone are completely different from tenor trombone.
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