Scale sheets

Tuba scales

All 12 major scales for tuba, one octave up and back down and the arpeggio, with the valve fingering under every note. Pick the keys you want, or print all 12.
Scales
Range
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Valves
Fingerings for a non-compensating BB♭ tuba. Compensating tubas and tubas in other keys finger differently.
Keys to show and print (concert)
Spelling

Under each note, filled circles are the valves to press, 1st valve on the left.

Concert C

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44CDEFGABCBAGFEDCEGCGEC

Concert F

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44FGAB♭CDEFEDCB♭AGFACFCAF

Concert B♭

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44B♭CDE♭FGAB♭AGFE♭DCB♭DFB♭FDB♭

Concert E♭

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44E♭FGA♭B♭CDE♭DCB♭A♭GFE♭GB♭E♭B♭GE♭

Concert A♭

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44A♭B♭CD♭E♭FGA♭GFE♭D♭CB♭A♭CE♭A♭E♭CA♭

Concert D♭

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44D♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭CD♭CB♭A♭G♭FE♭D♭FA♭D♭A♭FD♭

Concert G♭

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44G♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭FG♭FE♭D♭C♭B♭A♭G♭B♭D♭G♭D♭B♭G♭

Concert G

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44GABCDEF♯GF♯EDCBAGBDGDBG

Concert D

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44DEF♯GABC♯DC♯BAGF♯EDF♯ADAF♯D

Concert A

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44ABC♯DEF♯G♯AG♯F♯EDC♯BAC♯EAEC♯A

Concert E

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44EF♯G♯ABC♯D♯ED♯C♯BAG♯F♯EG♯BEBG♯E

Concert B

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44BC♯D♯EF♯G♯A♯BA♯G♯F♯ED♯C♯BD♯F♯BF♯D♯B
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".

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 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 tuba, then Scales. It checks every fingering, and you can play into your microphone.