Comments on: The Trumpet/Viola Connection http://www.bobmcnallyjr.com/blog/the-trumpetviola-connection/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:22:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.35 By: ron meza http://www.bobmcnallyjr.com/blog/the-trumpetviola-connection/#comment-1097 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:01:58 +0000 http://www.bobmcnallyjr.com/blog/?p=185#comment-1097 oops! I meant major third

]]> By: ron meza http://www.bobmcnallyjr.com/blog/the-trumpetviola-connection/#comment-1096 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 07:57:58 +0000 http://www.bobmcnallyjr.com/blog/?p=185#comment-1096 hi bob, thanks for this blog page. I am reading it after having needed this info a day earlier. so just to clarify and confirm. I only had my C trumpet with me last night in an orchestra rehearsal. strange as I am a bebop jazzman. I figured out what you have described by trial and error. So, on a C trumpet I read the Alto trombone notes as if I was on a Bb reading a Tune out of a Concert realbook except that I maintained the key signature and did not raise it the required two sharps.

I am going to the the same with a Tenor clef trombone part just in reverse, down a whole step maintaining the key signature.

I will then give it all a go with my Bb except reading up or down a minor third. does this all sound right?

thanks again
I’m having a blast giving my jazz brain a classical workout!

any tips on reading bass clef on Bb trumpet?

ron

]]> By: Bob McNally http://www.bobmcnallyjr.com/blog/the-trumpetviola-connection/#comment-94 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:27:36 +0000 http://www.bobmcnallyjr.com/blog/?p=185#comment-94 I will probably never stop the viola jokes…..it’s just what trumpet players do! lol

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