Trumpet Fingering Chart

This is a great interactive trumpet fingering chart that gives the note and corresponding valve combination on B-flat trumpet. Simply click the note of interest with your mouse to explore or use your computer keyboard to speed things up if required. The widget spans first octave. This give a useful reference for those just starting out and a fast reference point for more seasoned players.

Two parts makes up the primary interface. The left-hand side present a grid of all notes available within the chosen range. Each note show its letter name and small indicators showing which valve to press. The right-hand display reflect what’s being played on selected note but in more detail with large circles around each valve lighting up to indicate the precise fingering required. If it’s a circle filled-in then you need to push this valve down as you play. It provides valuable visual feedback to connect the notation and physical technique.

How to Use the Trumpet Chart

The Sharps or Flats button in the control bar let you change between displaying accidental notes as sharps or flats. You might read C sharp if you like, so choose that option. Maybe your sheet music has a B flat rather than an A sharp? That’s fine, just switch to flats and it will instantly update every note name both on big display and in the grid. Helpfully, it leaves the pitch information intact while you adjust to what works best for you or the musical context.

A vital element of this tool is hearing it. When you touch or click a note in the grid, the note sound through your device speakers and is highlighted on the grid. There’s a Play note button at the bottom of large diagram too which will play the chosen note again so you don’t need to go back to the grid. Also included is a volume slider that allows you to set the loudness of sound so it’s not uncomfortabley loud where you are sitting/standing. All of these sound elements supports training your ears to hear intervals and checking your fingerings by ear.

The play all button will walk through chromatic scale from bottom to top if that’s what you’d like to hear. Each time it reaches another note in the scale there is a brief delay and then it continues on up playing every note in turn. You can pause the sequence by clicking the button again if you prefer not to continue. Useful for practicing your recall across the octave range or for some warm ups too.

It’s also fully accessible from keyboard. Just tab around the widgets for control focus and then hit space or enter to click buttons and highlight notes. If you’d rather not pick up the mouse at all, you can still work on recalling fingerings with no problems. Your workflow remain smooth as the interface reacts instantly to every input.

Playing around with note transitions has lots of practical application. Selecting one key after another on the grid will allow you to hear how smoothly the pitch change as the valve combinations change. Some notes have common open valves, like harmonic series pitches G and C. These are anchor points for playing your scales. Use chart to check where difficult fingerings like F# or D# is located before moving on to an actual instrument.

If you’ve forgotten what a given control does, there’s a handy help panel that gives a brief rundown of every feature. Just click the How to play button at the top for a short guide. Click it again to return space to your workspace.

To immerse yourself further, you can also use the Fullscreen button that expands chart and removes distractions from around the page. This helps make valve diagrams easier to read and bigger on tablets or smaller screens.

Selecting the open position fingering for a basic note such as G or C will get you started. Then work upwards step by step, paying attention to how the indicator valves shift as well as hearing each note played out. Listen to the notes with the audio play-back function so you can become familiar with the sounds of each combination before attempting to play them yourself.

It’s meant to be a handy, fast and engaging reminder that slots neatly into your existing practice regime. You should of used it more often if you want to improov.