Welcome to the wonderful world of trombone

playing. Your teacher has shown you how to hold

your instrument and make a sound on the
mouthpiece.
Let's play our first song!

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"D"
R Œ ŒŒŒ R ŒŒŒŒ
1. Our First Note 4th Position

4
4 4

? 44 bo ŒŒŒ Œ bo ŒŒŒŒ "E flat"

2. Our Second Note
3rd Position

3 3

? 44 R ŒŒŒŒ bo ŒŒŒŒ R
3. Three's a Crowd

4 3 4

? 44 R bo R bo
4. Four In a Row

4 3 4 3
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? 44 b2 2ŒŒ yyŒŒ
5. A Funny Pair

? b2
3

2 Œ Œ b2 y 2 Œ
4

? 44 b2 22Œ yyyŒ
6. Skate Board Sam

? y y Œ Œ b2 2 2 Œ
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?4 y y y y R
7. Catch That Note

4
? b2 2 2 2 bo

8. Keep On

? 44 bo
Blowin'

y y y y
? R b2 2 2 Œ
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? 44 x  x "F"

9. Our Third Note 1st Position

1
Whole rests get four beats of silence.

? 44 x  bo 
10. Couch Potato

? R  x 

{ { { Œ b2 2 2 Œ
? 44
11. Puppy Dogs

? y y y Œ { { { Œ
? 44
5
"C"
I  I  I
12. Our Fourth Note
6th Position

?4 " " " " """Œ

13. Apple for the Teacher

4
? " " " " " " " Œ
? " " y y b2 2 y y
? " y b2 y " Œ " Œ
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? 44 bv  bv  bv
14. Our Fifth Note 1st Position "B flat"

? 44 b} Œ } Œ
15. Bumper Cars

" " "Œ

? y Œ y Œ b2 2 2 Œ
? { { { Œb2 22 Œ yy y Œ " " " Œ

? b} Π" Πy Πb2 Πy y " " bv

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? 44 E E . bG . b`
16. Half Notes Happen

..

? 44
17. Hot Cross Buns

. P bv . P b v
? b} } } } " " " " . P bv
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lines and spaces called
?
the "staff".
How many lines can you find?
How many spaces can you find?

? 44 b} " . P
18. High Dive

}}
? b} y " " bv
? " . P
b} } }
? b} y " " bv
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19. Mary Had a Little Lamb

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4 y " b} " y y . " " P y { E
? y " b} " y y . " " y " bv
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20. Bad News

?4 y Œ " Œ y " b} Œ b2 Œ y Œ
Bears

4
? b2 y " ΠΠ{ b2 y " { b`
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21. Dreydl, Dreydl

? 44 { y { y { y Πy { { b2 y P Π"
? b2 " 2 " b2 " Π" { b2 y "
bv

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22. Notes Without Letters

4 b` ` P P . . bo
? bG G . . P P bv
? bG G . . P P bv
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S
Low "A"
Blow gently.
2nd Position Play easy like your "Bb".
2

23. Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me!

? 44 y b` " y b2 P
?
" , b} " y b`
? y " y b2 P { { { b2 y "
b` b`

? 4 y yyy b2 222 yyyy """"

24. Crazy Tonguing

4
? b} } } }
! ! ! ! b} } } } bv
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A
44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ..

B
44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ..

C
44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ..

D
44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ..

E
44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ..
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25. Yankee Doodle Cha Cha

 
 } } " " y } y "" " } } "" y ` " " "
  } } " " y 2 y " " } " } " " " ` } } }

  2 { w w w
26. Caribbean Cruise


E P y2{{{ G `
  2 { w w w E E . {y o

27. Country Hoe Down

  
}}}"" y}}P yyy"} PP

 }}}"" y y y G { 22y" ``
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28. Eighth Note Slide
 
2 2 2 y y y " " " }

" " " y y 2 2 2 G


 


 
s

29. The Cabbage Song

  yyyy2 2 yyyy" "

 y y y y 2 2 2 2 y y " " } } 

 Firm corners! 15
Lots of air!

 t
Blow high like your "F".

"G" 
4

30. Old MacDonald

Had a Farm
 
 2 2 2 } " " ` w w { { G  
Half note rests get

 
two beats of silence.

2 2 2 } } 2 2 G

  222 222 22222 2


 222} ""` ww{{ G 
 
16 1. 2.

 

When you reach the repeat sign under the first ending, stop and
go back to the beginning. When you get to the first ending again,
skip it and go to the second ending.

www{{{ 222 2 yyy"y

31. Stodola Pumpa
 
 }
  2 2 2 } 2  2 2 2 
1. 2.

{w{2 y2E "yG y2E

32. London Bridge
  
  P E y 
 `
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A "slur" is a curved line that connects
two or more notes of different pitches.

 y 2 {
Tongue the first note and move to the
next notes without tonguing. Don't stop blowing.

  G 2
A "tie" is a curved line that connects
two or more notes of the same pitch.
Hold the note for the combined value of the notes.

33. Southern Roses

   G . P
`
  y 2 { P y 2 { `
  G . P
 `

 y 2 { P y G 2  
    { { E
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Note(s) that come before the first
 "

S
full measure of a piece of music.


Hold (keep blowing) the note

until your director tells you to stop,

w
34. Snake Charmer

"  
y 2 y "" y 2 y 2 " 2 {
w www{y2 { {{{2"y


2 y " " y 2 w y 2 " 


   { E
35. Aura Lee

} 2 y 2 " 2y"y G`
  2 y 2 { " E 2 y " y G 
 }
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36. Jingle
Bells
 
 yy. yy. y{}" . 

  2222 2yyyy y""y P E

     
 


 2222 2yyyy {{2" v
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Go back to the beginning
and play until "Fine".

wwE 22yy ""

37. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
 
 }} { { `
  { { 2 2 y y P  
Fine


D. C. al Fine

Go back to the sign and

play until "Fine". The "sign"

  y y 2 { { 2 y " " y y " P

38. Ode to Joy
 }}
 y y 2 { { 2 y " } } " y " } `

 2 2 E
Fine

 y
"" } " y y } " y y " }"
D.S.al Fine
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? bb bo
"A Flat"
3
A "flat" lowers the note one
half step. It stays in effect

for the entire measure.

Firm corners. 3
Same position as "E flat" but blow faster.

39. Yankee Doodle

22{w 2w{} 22{w G .

? bb 44

? bb 2 2 { w b2 w { 2 y } " y G G 3

A "time signature" tells you how many

beats there are in each measure of music.

w w 4
40. Little Cabin in the Wood
? bb 44
} 2 2 { 2 E
y } { { { 2
? bb } w w b2 w { bG } { { w o3 3
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? bb
A "key signature" changes
b
certain notes throughout This key signature with three flats
a piece of music. effect all B's, E's and A's.

? bb 44 E 4 G 4 G
41. It's a Ringer!
G 4 E
b
? bb G E 4 G 4 E o
b

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w w 2 22 w w G wwww 22 ww E . yy
42. Polly Wolly Doodle
? bb 44
b
? bb { { y y y { { . 2 2 2 2 w w { { t ..
1.

b
? bb 2222ww{{ o
2.

b
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? ns
A "natural" cancels a flat "E Natural"
or sharp. It remains in effect 2
for the entire measure.

zy"y zz^ yy. zw4

? 44
43. Mary's Other Lamb

? zy"y zzzz yy z y I

w 4 z w 4 z w E y { ^. w
? 44
44. O Come Little Children (Melody)

? 4 z w 4 z w E y y P.

? 44
z ^ " z ^ " z . y y P. z
45. O Come Little Children (Harmony)

? ^ " z ^ " z . { { ^.
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wwww {{{ 2222 4 """"

46. Jolly Old St. Nick
? bb 24
b
?b 2 y 2 { w E .. { 2 { w G
1. 2.

bb }}
The Israeli National Anthem, HATIKVA, means "The Hope."
Hatkiva expresses the hope of the Jewish people that they
would someday return to the land of their forefathers.

? bb 44
47. Hatikvah
2 { w w 2 w 2 2 4
b "y
? bb { { y 2 2 y " y 2 P ..
b

{y` 2" }yE y"`

48. Slippery Slurs
? bb 44
,
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Playing the same music beginning at different times.

49. Are You Sleeping?

E
a Four Part Round

? b4 " y œ y 2 œœ˙
1 2
b4 } œ
} œ œ
?b
b
3
{ w { 2 y } œœœœœ œ } { ` œ œ ˙ 4

Piano
Play with a soft volume.

Forte
Play with a full volume.

{ { { { { b2 w { nz z z z nz w { z
50. Minka, Minka
? b2
b4
f p

? b œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ œ nœ œ œ œ œ œ ..
b
f p f

Use only fourth position.

51. Rollin' Back and Forth
? bb 44 yw. wy4 ywyw yy4
First measure think "Tah-Eee-Ah".
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A dotted quarter note gets one
and one half counts.

j" j
52. America
? bb 43
} } " !. } y y 2 .
y "}
? bb " } { { { { . 2 y
p

! `. J
f
? bb 2 2 2 2 . y " y 2 y " }
J
w 2 y "
p
? bb y . 2 { `.
J
f

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53. Technical Foul

? bb 44 œ. œœœœœ œ. œœœœœ œ. œœœœœ œ. œj ˙
J J J
? bb œœœœœ. œj œœœœœ. œj œœœœœ. œj œœ˙
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A
44 œœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ œœœœœœ ..

B
44 œœœ Œ œ œœœœœ Œ Œ œœœ Œ œœœœœœœ ..

C
44 œ œœœ Œ œœœ Œ Œ œœ Œ œœœ Œ Œ œ œ ..

D
44 œ œ ˙ œœœ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ ..

24 œ. j j
E œ œ œ œ. œ ˙ ..

F
34 œ. œj œ ˙.
j
œ œ . œ ˙. ..
34 œ œ œ œ œ ˙ j Œ
G œ œ. œ œ ˙ ..

H
34 ˙ œ œœœœœœ œ ˙ ˙. ..
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54. Rhythm Wreck
? b4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ
b 4 œ œœ˙ J

? bb ˙ Œ Œ œ œ œœœ œ œ ˙ œœœ œ œ ˙ ˙

"LOW A FLAT"
? bb
bo
3
Blow low like a "Bb".

55. More Hot Cross Buns

? b4 " } bG œ œ b˙
b4

? bb
bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b˙
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A natural sign cancels a flat or a sharp.
It remains in effect for the entire measure.

56. It Just Comes Naturally

? bb 44 ` , ` bG } b2 n! " } ! `

57. Don't Be Fooled

?b4
b b4 } 2 } n! } 2 ` 2 n! b2 2 } n! `

An accent sign tells you to An eighth rest gets one

play the note with more
half beat of silence.
emphasis.

? b4 Œ y Œ 2 ‰nz z { œ Œ œŒ œ ‰nœ œ œ
58. Go, Fight, Win!

b4} J J
? bb œ Œ œ Œ œ ‰nœ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ Œ
J >>> >>>
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? bb 42 E 2y"} E 2y"}

? bb {
y2 2 y " { y } .. `
2. 1.

60. Rueben and Rachel

? bb 42 {2" {2
b2 2 2 2 b2 b2 2 2 2 !
>{ >w b>2
p

? b b2 2w2 {{2
f

b " b2 } " 2
f

? bb 43 2 2 œ œ œ {
61. When Love Is Kind
œ { œ œ œ œ
b } }
? bb w w œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙.
b } œ
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31
Play with a medium
soft volume.
Mezzo Forte
Play with a medium
loud volume.

>œ >œ
62. Mexican Hat Dance
? b3 œ
b 4 œœœ œœ œŒ ŒŒ
mp mf

>
œ >
? bb œ œ œ œ Œ œ Œ Œ .. œ Œ œ Œ Œ
1. 2.
œœ œ œ> >
mf
mp f

b2 w {
63. Blues Dues
? b4 y { w y y { w
b4 } }
? b b2 w E 2 2 { w w { 2
b }
? b œ œ œ bœ œ ˙ œœœœ˙
b œ
? bb œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ bœ œ U̇
œ œ
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w w w w bw w w
64. Big Breath Slurs
? b4
b4w

?bw w w
b w w w w w

65. When the

Saints Go
Marchin' In
? bb 44 } y 2 x {}y2 x œœœœ

?b˙ ˙ ˙ w œ Œ œ œ
b ˙

? bb ˙. œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙. œ Œ œ œ

? bb ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w œ
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66. William Tell Overture

?b4
b b4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2 { w }}

?b 2 ww œ œ
bb } }} œ œœ œ œœœ œœ

?b
bb 2 { w 2w ` }2w{ 2 w 2

67. This Old Man

? bb 44 { y E œ œ ˙

?b w { 2 y " y 2 y2 {
b } }}}
? bb } " y 2 E { y y 2 y " `
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?b
B NATURAL b n]
7

68. Sweetly Sings the Donkey

? b 44 " ng " y ^ ^ œœœœ w
? œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙. œ
b

? b " ng w œ œ œ
" œ nœ œ œ œ w

69. Danger! Tricky Rhythms

? bb 43 œ œ œ œ n˙. j
œ. œ œ ˙ œ

? bb œ œ œ nœ. œj œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙.
 ?b
35
LOW G b t
4

70. Bye, Baby Bunting

? bb 42 } w " } w } } w " } w
? bb œ œ
œœ œœœœ œœœœ œœœ

Crescendo Get louder

Decrescendo Get softer

? bb ..44 Œ œ Œ Œ Œ w œ œ œ œ ..
71. Monster Melodies

œ œ œ
? bb .. jœ  jœ ˙. Œ ..
œ. œ œ œ. œ œ
 ?b #e
36
F SHARP b
5
72. Barcarolle
? b 3 #˙ œ ˙ #œ #œ nœ œ ˙ #œ
b4

? b #œ nœ œ ˙ #œ #˙. ˙.
b

? b #˙ œ ˙ #œ #œ nœ œ ˙ #œ
b

? bb #œ nœ œ ˙ #œ ˙. ˙.

? b w bw w w w w bw nw #w
Write in the letters to these notes.

b bw w bw
? bb nw w w w w w #w bw w nw w
bw
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Lip Builders
? bb 44 œ œ ˙ nœ œ ˙ œ bœ ˙
, , , ,
œ œ ˙
1 2 3 4

? bb bœ , ,
˙ œ œ ˙ nœ n œ ˙
bœ
5 6 7

? bb w
High "A"
2

? bb bw
High "Bb"
1

œ U
œ " U " U " U "
œ œ b œ œ
Super Slurs
? bb 45 œ œ œ nœ œ œ œ bœ œ œ œœœ œ
1 2 3 4

U" U" U
? bb #œ bœ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ nœ œ œ
#œ œ nœ
5 6 7
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74. Can Can
? bb 24 ˙ œ
œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œœœœ

? b œœœ œœœœ œ
œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ
b œ ˙

? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ .. 2.œ œ
1.

75. La Bamba
? bb 44 œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ
b œ
? bb œ œœœœ œ Œœ œ œ œ œ œ œÓ Œ œœœœœ œ œœœœ œ
b
? bb Œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ  ˙ ˙ œœÓ
b
? bb ˙˙ ˙˙ œœ œœ Ó ˙ ˙ œ œ Œ œœ
b
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? bb 44 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
76. Simple Gifts

b
? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ
b J

? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ ˙
b J

77. Amazing Grace

? bb 43 œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ
b

? bb ˙ œ ˙
œœ ˙ œ ˙. ˙ œ
b
? bb œ. œJ œ œ ˙
b œ œ. œJ œ œ ˙ œ
? bb ˙ œ œ ˙ œ ˙. ˙
b