From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Trumpet tablature
Trumpet tablature
Trumpet Tablature is a rather rare form of music no- Tab number|fingering|played on trombone w/F atta
tation that applies to all brass instruments, but is most 1 0 1
commonly found written for trumpet. It consists of lines 2 2 2
with partials, and numbers representing valve or slide 3 1 3
positions. 4 12 4
5 23 5
Examples 6
7
4
24
F1
F2
The base setup is shown here, with P for pedal and names 8 14 F3
of open notes. As well as counting on the top. Low range 9 124 F4
is shown by lowercase letters, middle range by capital (10) 234 F5
letters, and high, double high etc. ranges by subscript. (11) 134 F6
This method is impractical in the altissimo range howev- (12) 1234 F7
er, because of fingering differences between horns.
Positions 10 11 and 12 are in parentheses so they do not
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a appear as two separate notes.
E2___________________ Some other symbols include:
C2___________________
G____________________ 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E____________________ E2_1!__________________accent
C____________________ C2_1*__________________stacatto
g____________________ G_%1___________________scoop
c____________________ E_1%___________________doit
P____________________ C_1-------____________ hold
g_1(tildes ~. Wikipedia doesn’t like repeated til
Numbers are used to represent fingerings. For trumpet c_1^^^^^^^2_1^^^_______slur
you may see true fingerings (chromatically down from 0, P_______________^^^1___slur
2, 1, 1/2, 2/3, 1/3, 1/2/3) but more commonly with posi- >>>>>>> F P mp etc.
tions. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) 1 is open and 7 is 1/2/3. Trombone crescendo diminuendo dynamics
tablature will always have slide positions. Here is an ex-
ample of a two octave C major scale: 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E2_1\________________fall
2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a C2________1\2________fall to another note.
E2_______________________________________________________________
G___/1_______________smear
C2________________________________________________4___2___1______
E__/____1z___________long fall/glissando
G_________________________________________3___1__________________
C_/_______z__________
E_________________________________3___1__________________________
g__________z_________
C_____________________4___2___1__________________________________
c____________________
g_____6___4___3___1______________________________________________
P____________________
c_1______________________________________________________________
P________________________________________________________________
See also
Four valve instruments are more complicates, as well • Tablature
as tenor trombones with F attachments and bass trom- • Trumpet
bones. Four valve instruments use: • Brass instruments
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