Scale sheets

Trombone minor scales

All 12 minor scales (natural, harmonic, or melodic) for trombone, one octave up and back down and the arpeggio, with the slide position under every note. Pick the keys you want, or print all 12.
Scales
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The number under each note is its slide position.

Concert A natural minor

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44A2B7C6D4E2F1G4A2G4F1E2D4C6B7A2C6E2A2E2C6A2

Concert D natural minor

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44D4E2F1G4A2B♭1C3D1C3B♭1A2G4F1E2D4F1A2D1A2F1D4

Concert G natural minor

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44G4A2B♭1C6D4E♭3F1G4F1E♭3D4C6B♭1A2G4B♭1D4G4D4B♭1G4

Concert C natural minor

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44C6D4E♭3F1G4A♭3B♭1C3B♭1A♭3G4F1E♭3D4C6E♭3G4C3G4E♭3C6

Concert F natural minor

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44F1G4A♭3B♭1C3D♭2E♭3F1E♭3D♭2C3B♭1A♭3G4F1A♭3C3F1C3A♭3F1

Concert B♭ natural minor

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44B♭1C6D♭5E♭3F1G♭5A♭3B♭1A♭3G♭5F1E♭3D♭5C6B♭1D♭5F1B♭1F1D♭5B♭1

Concert E♭ natural minor

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44E♭3F1G♭5A♭3B♭1C♭4D♭2E♭3D♭2C♭4B♭1A♭3G♭5F1E♭3G♭5B♭1E♭3B♭1G♭5E♭3

Concert E natural minor

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44E2F♯5G4A2B4C3D1E2D1C3B4A2G4F♯5E2G4B4E2B4G4E2

Concert B natural minor

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44B7C♯5D4E2F♯5G4A2B4A2G4F♯5E2D4C♯5B7D4F♯5B4F♯5D4B7

Concert F♯ natural minor

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44F♯5G♯3A2B4C♯2D1E2F♯5E2D1C♯2B4A2G♯3F♯5A2C♯2F♯5C♯2A2F♯5

Concert C♯ natural minor

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44C♯5D♯3E2F♯5G♯3A2B4C♯2B4A2G♯3F♯5E2D♯3C♯5E2G♯3C♯2G♯3E2C♯5

Concert G♯ natural minor

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44G♯3A♯1B7C♯5D♯3E2F♯5G♯3F♯5E2D♯3C♯5B7A♯1G♯3B7D♯3G♯3D♯3B7G♯3
About scale sheets

How each scale is laid out

Each measure of the scale starts with a quarter note on beat one, then eighth notes, up and back down. The arpeggio follows in triplets, and the scale ends on a whole note. With 2 octaves on, a scale that would go past the range on this sheet is printed in one octave and marked "1 octave".

Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor

Natural minor uses only the notes in its key signature. Harmonic minor raises the 7th note, going up and coming down. Melodic minor raises the 6th and 7th going up, then comes down as natural minor. Coming down, the 6th and 7th each have a courtesy accidental, a reminder that they're back to the notes in the key signature. Each minor scale shares its key signature with a major scale: A minor with C major, D minor with F major, and so on.

Keys with two names

D♭ and C♯ major sound the same, and so do G♭ and F♯, and B and C♭ (and their relative minors). Use the spelling buttons to print the one your music uses.

Practicing scales

Use a metronome. Start slow enough to play every note clean and in tune, and speed up only once you can play the scale twice in a row without a mistake. Say or think the note names as you play, and learn the slide positions with them, so both are automatic by the time the scale is fast.

Practice them

Play each scale up and back down in the Brass Trainer: pick trombone, then Scales. It checks every fingering, and you can play into your microphone.