If you sound thin, you will have a hard time blending in with the other instruments. 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. Trombone players learn the positions by feel. However, there are no position markers on the tubing. The slide has seven positions, counted in order from the 1st position (toward you) to the 7th position (fully extended). With a trigger, you can play all those notes directly above pedal Eb. Trombones work by using the slide to change the length of the tubing, which controls the pitch of the sound. 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 first reason is so that you can play notes you might be expected to play from a tenor trombone part. 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. Get even more out of this site with the accompanying Practice Book. If you prefer to start on the lower note, C, you can go to Trombone Treble Clef Low. Your first note will be G, and you will not need positions 5 and 6 until Level B. This video shows you how to read notes and play them correctly using the StepWise Slide Position Chart for Trombone. In fact, I think it is pretty silly to learn alto trombone in alto clef. This page is for students who struggle to reach 6th position. 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. 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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