A half step is the distance from one key to the key that is closest to it. Half steps and whole steps are the distance from one key to another. You can for any major scale using this formula. This stands for whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step. The major scale formula is W-W-H-W-W-W-H. My #1 Recommendation: Go here to learn about the BEST piano/keyboard course I’ve seen online. That should keep you off the streets for a while.In this lesson we will take a look at the A major scale.įirst of all, the notes of this scale are A – B – C# – D – E – F# – G# – A.
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Look for the Scales and Arpeggios drop-down and download a hundred pages or so. WARNING – This link is not for beginners. If you’re really into playing scales on the Trumpet and find these too simple, you’ve memorized them and want to go scale-crazy then perhaps you might like to go here. Those adjustment need to be a part of your scale playing so that they’ll become automatic – like shoulder checks for a driver. If you aren’t adjusting some notes with your 3rd valve slide (and 1st if you have one) the it’s time to start. If you’re working for speed – and eventually you should – make sure that you are snapping the valves down hard and letting them up fast.
There is a lifetime’s worth of notes on this page if you get creative. When you have a scale under your fingers and sounding good try a variety of articulations: tongue every note, slur all of them, slur groups of two or four notes etc etc etc.
That’s when it really helps your playing get “next level”. If you can get any scale moving steadily, try to memorize it. It’s a really useful scale for warming up and working on finger agility.Īlso see this Blues Scale sheet for Trumpet. By the second year of playing most band teachers want to hear you play the one that appears on the bottom of the sheet. Trumpet minor scales will be added if there is a lot of activity on the Major Scales.Ī Chromatic scale is pretty much playing the fingering chart and you can start it anywhere. If it doesn’t sound like the old “Doe, a deer, a female deer” kind of Do Re Mi major scale then you’re missing something. Some of these keys might seem unlikely to appear in your Concert Band, but if you play in a group with string players or singers you’re going to need them. If you haven’t yet learned any music theory you might want to take note of those key signatures and how they relate to the starting notes (tonics). The major scales above are in order of key signature, so you’ll probably want to start in the middle and work your way out into the sharps and flats. You’ll have to scroll way down to the heading “Concert Pitch”. If that’s confusing then you haven’t got the business of being a transposing instrument figured out. You’ll also see, in a box above each scale, what they are called in the real world (of your band teacher’s mind). So, the first scale on the sheet is your Eb Major scale. Scales are referred to by their starting notes. Major Scales for Tpt Download Bonus Fun Facts About Scales on Trumpet for the Keen Reader. Here is a scale sheet of major trumpet scales that you can download or print:įind a printable Trumpet Scale Sheet document here: I’ve added the next note up in each scale at the top to make the rhythm fit the bars. If a scale goes below your working range it’s time to learn those notes and get them sounding good.
If a scale goes too high for you to play well and sound good, just skip down the octave for those notes then skip back up on the way down. Some of the scales appear in 2 octaves, and ideally you would work towards playing both. Since you’re still reading, or at least scanning, you must be interested in the major scale sheet below. It is on this sheet but there’s a lot of other, more challenging scales as well. If you are a beginner you should probably focus on getting the Concert Bb scale under your fingers and into your chops. Playing scales is important to virtually all musicians, and Trumpet players can take advantage of scales to make them stronger, faster and smarter players.
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