Scale sheets

Trumpet chromatic scale

The chromatic scale for trumpet, one octave up and back down, with the valve fingering under every note.
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Under each note, filled circles are the valves to press, 1st valve on the left. The chromatic scale uses flats both going up and coming down.

Concert B♭ chromatic

Written C to C
Tap a note to hear it
44CD♭DE♭EFG♭GA♭AB♭BCBB♭AA♭GG♭FEE♭DD♭C
About scale sheets

Reading the chromatic scale

The chromatic scale plays every half step, up and back down. This sheet spells it with flats both ways and has no key signature, so every accidental is written and lasts until the barline. Concert B♭ is the usual starting note; pick another above.

Concert pitch and your written key

Band directors name scales by concert pitch, so the whole band plays the same notes together. The trumpet is a transposing instrument: concert B♭ is written as C for you. Each scale is titled by its concert name, with your written key beside it.

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 valve fingerings 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 trumpet, then Scales. It checks every fingering, and you can play into your microphone.