tenor and bass trombone position
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Chromatic Slide Position Chart for Tenor and Bass Trombones
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Note: Only the most commonly used positions are listed here, in order of preference. The overtone chart available on this website provides comprehensive information about available alternate positions.
Positions for the open instrument, as well as with F, G-flat, and D attachments engaged are included here. Players that lack one ormore of these attachments should disregard the positions using those attachments.
Fingering Guide:Number Only -- Open. No valves engaged.Gb(number) -- Position with G-flat attachment engaged.F(number) -- Position with F attachment engaged.D (number) -- Position with D attachment (combined F and G-flat attachments) engaged.
F
7 (false tone)
F-Sharp or G-Flat
6 (false tone)
G
5 (false tone)
G-Sharp or A-Flat
4 (false tone)
A
3 (false tone)
A-Sharp or B-Flat
D52 (false tone)
?B or C-Flat
D4F4 (false tone)7 (false tone)
C
D3F66 (false tone)
C-Sharp or D-Flat
D2F5Gb65 (false tone)
D
D1F4Gb54 (false tone)
D-Sharp or E-Flat
F3Gb43 (false tone)
E
7F2Gb3
?F
6F1Gb2
F-Sharp or G-Flat
5Gb1
G
4
G-Sharp or A-Flat
3
A
2
A-Sharp or B-Flat
1D5
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?B or C-Flat
D4F4 (false tone)7 (false tone)
C
D3F66 (false tone)
C-Sharp or D-Flat
D2F5Gb65 (false tone)
D
D1F4Gb54 (false tone)
D-Sharp or E-Flat
F3Gb43 (false tone)
E
7F2Gb3
?F
6F1Gb2
F-Sharp or G-Flat
5Gb1
G
4F6
G-Sharp or A-Flat
3F5Gb6
A
2F4Gb5
A-Sharp or B-Flat
1F3Gb4
?B or C-Flat
7F2Gb3
C
6F1Gb2
C-Sharp or D-Flat
5Gb1
D
4
D-Sharp or E-Flat
3
E
27
?F
16
F-Sharp or G-Flat
5
G
4
G-Sharp or A-Flat
37
A
26
A-Sharp or B-Flat
15
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47
B or C-Flat C
36
C-Sharp or D-Flat
25
D
14
D-Sharp or E-Flat
3short 6
E
2short 5
?F
1short 46
B
F-Sharp or G-Flat
short 35
G
short 24
G-Sharp or A-Flat
35
A
24
A-Sharp or B-Flat
13
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Chromatic Slide Position Chart for Tenor and Bass Trombones (Everett)2
B
B or C-Flat
24
13
C C-Sharp or D-Flat
25
D
1short 34
D-Sharp or E-Flat
short 23
E
2
B
F
1
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F-Sharp or G-Flat
short 3
G
short 2
G-Sharp or A-Flat
3
A
2
A-Sharp or B-Flat
13
&
B or C-Flat
2
C
13
C-Sharp or D-Flat
2
D
1short 3
D-Sharp or E-Flat
short 23
E
2
F
1
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Chromatic Slide Position Chart for Tenor and Bass Trombones (Everett) 3