Major scale on trumpet

The notes of the C major scale

C D E F G A B

Formula: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Steps from note to note: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 semitones (whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half).

C major has no sharps or flats. Its relative minor, with the same notes, is A minor.

The C major scale on trumpet: notes and valves

A B♭ trumpet sounds a whole step below what it reads: written C major scale sounds B♭ major scale. 0 = open, 1 2 3 = the valves held down.

The major scale in all twelve keys

Concert pitch and written pitch

A trumpet in B♭ reads a whole step higher than it sounds, so its C major is concert B♭ major, the key most band music is in. Band directors teach the scales in concert keys (concert B♭, E♭, F, A♭…), which on trumpet are written C, F, G, B♭. The valve chart here covers written C; the table gives every major scale's notes as the trumpet reads them.

More scales

Major scale Major scale on guitar Major scale on piano Major scale on bass C major scale on trumpet Chromatic scale on trumpet

How this page works

Hear it plays the scale up and down at 100 BPM on one of four Brumm sounds. Take it gives the same notes as a MIDI file and a WAV. − and + move the root. Every note here is computed from the formula.

Sources

Scales and modes: Open Music Theory, musictheory.net. Piano fingerings: the standard scale-book fingerings (ABRSM scale books; Hanon, The Virtuoso Pianist, part 3). Trumpet valves: the standard B♭ trumpet fingering chart (Yamaha, Bach). Hz: A4 = 440 Hz, ISO 16.

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