Please help me with trombone positions...?!


Question: I get so confused by how many flats there are and how they change the notes.
I am having trouble with high notes... I know their regular positions.

When there is more or less flats in the key signature I get really confused on which note is which!

Can someone please help me?

I am used to three flats, but now I am getting music with 1,2, and 4 flats...


Answers: I get so confused by how many flats there are and how they change the notes.
I am having trouble with high notes... I know their regular positions.

When there is more or less flats in the key signature I get really confused on which note is which!

Can someone please help me?

I am used to three flats, but now I am getting music with 1,2, and 4 flats...

Here is the Eb major scale (the one with three flats, Bb, Eb and Ab):

Eb - 3rd position, F - 1st, G - 4th, Ab - 3rd, Bb - 1st, C - 3rd, D - 1st (or 4th), and Eb - 3rd

Bb major scale (the one with two flats, Bb and Eb):

Bb - 1, C - 6, D - 4, Eb - 3, F - 1, G - 4, A natural - 2, Bb - 1

F major scale (the one with one flat, Bb):

F - 6 (or 1 an octave higher), G - 4 (4), A natural - 2 (2), Bb - 1 (1), C - 6 (2), D - 4 (1), E natural - 2 (2), F - 1 (1)

Ab major scale (the one with four flats, Bb, Eb, Ab and Db):

Ab - 3, Bb - 1, C - 6, *Db* - 5, Eb - 3, F - 1, G - 4, Ab - 3

I hope this helps.

If you are better at playing music by ear rather than sight reading, I would suggest either playing the piece on the piano or asking a piano player or a bass player to play the piece for you to hear. Trombone music is in the same key as the left hand of a piano player, so they would not have to transpose it like they would for other instruments. You can also use a computer program to enter the notes like you see them on the sheet and listen to the computer play them. That has helped me a lot.



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