Trombone

Module VI

Chords & Degrees

Arpeggios on a one-note-at-a-time instrument: any chord, every inversion, four shapes, and where each tone sits on the slide.

root

chord

inversion & shape

B♭ · root position

Major: R – 3 – 5 · lowest note is the root

Smart: 1.04 m of slide · textbook: 1.04 m of slide · 2 lip slurs (nothing moves)

h = harmonic number. T = with the thumb trigger (F attachment). ↑ = a naturally flat harmonic: nudge the slide in. Outlined cards are where the smart route leaves the textbook.

note 1: B♭

past the end of the slide0 cm10203040506070801234567T1≈1.0T2≈2.3T3≈3.6T4≈4.9T5≈6.2T6≈7.4T7≈8.6

Position 1 · slide 0.0 cm · harmonic 2

Every way to play it: 1 · T3

every inversion of B♭

A brass instrument plays one note at a time, so a chord is outlined. An inversion just changes which chord tone is at the bottom — the same three or four letters, restacked.

Root position

bass note: the root

  • B♭R1h2
  • D34h3
  • F51h3

1st inversion

bass note: the 3rd

  • D34h3
  • F51h3
  • B♭R1h4

2nd inversion

bass note: the 5th

  • F51h3
  • B♭R1h4
  • D31h5

Root-position B♭: Position 1 · slide 0.0 cm · harmonic 2.