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crash · 02-08-2007, 02:02 PM

yep, them-there's chords... or guitar tabs. They're meant for guitars or pianos to be able to strum and/or fill in with the song and keep everyone in tune! With the trumpet we don't have the luxury of playing chords so I would think your best bet is to play the melody by ear. I'm not very good at this so I have to find the starting note and practice first several times before I am comfortable playing along.

I'm sure a real musician (someone who studied enough to transpose and improvise on the fly) could use these tabs to generate the right notes to create a counter-melody that 'fit' with the song but that is beyond me!

02-08-2007, 02:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
crash New Friend Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 25	Re: Music Theory 101 yep, them-there's chords... or guitar tabs. They're meant for guitars or pianos to be able to strum and/or fill in with the song and keep everyone in tune! With the trumpet we don't have the luxury of playing chords so I would think your best bet is to play the melody by ear. I'm not very good at this so I have to find the starting note and practice first several times before I am comfortable playing along. I'm sure a real musician (someone who studied enough to transpose and improvise on the fly) could use these tabs to generate the right notes to create a counter-melody that 'fit' with the song but that is beyond me! __________________ Craig Rash Bach Strad 180S ML37 Barrington Flugel AFL172RM (I spent all my money on the Strad)