Enharmonic Notes

Lesson 4/65 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Trumpet Method

Enharmonic Notes

There is often more than one way of writing a particular note. For example, the note F sharp can also be called G flat. These two notes have exactly the same sound and the same fingering.

Therefore, either spelling of the note may occur in the written music. This is called enharmonic spelling of the same note. The C Blues scale is often written using a Gb note instead of an F# note. The following example uses both versions of this note.

The Note High E Flat (Eb)

This E note is written in the fourth space of the staff.

The high Eb note uses the same fingering as B. Here are some examples making use of this note. Play them slowly at first until you are confident with them.

This one uses frequent alternation between E flat and E natural.

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1- The Triplet 2- The Note C (Above Middle C) 3- The C Major Scale 4- The Note Low B 5- Sharp Signs 6- Harmony and Chords 7- Flat Signs 8- The Eighth Rest 9- The Note High E 10- The Natural Sign 11- How To Hold The Trumpet 12- The Note High F 13- Simple and Compound Time 14- The Sixteenth Note 15- The Note C Sharp (C<span class="symbolA">#</span>) 16- The Note High G 17- The Chromatic Scale 18- Playing in All Keys 19- Minor Keys and Scales 20- Index of Fingerings 21- INTRODUCTION 22- The Eighth Note 23- The Common Time Signature 24- Tuning Your Trumpet 25- The Note F 26- The Note D 27- The Lead-in 28- Riffs 29- Tone Development 30- The Blues Scale 31- Duets 32- Swing Rhythm 33- The F Major Scale 34- The D Major Scale 35- How To Read Music 36- More About Major Scales 37- How To Sound A Note 38- Learning Minor Scales in All Keys 39- Key Signatures 40- 12 Bar Blues 41- Key Of C Major 42- The Major Scale 43- The G Major Chord 44- Syncopation 45- The Slur 46- The D Blues Scale 47- Relative Keys 48- Tonguing 49- Key and Key Signatures 50- Keeping Time 51- The Key of F Major 52- The Tie 53- Enharmonic Notes 54- First And Second Endings 55- How Chords Relate To Scales 56- Where to Breathe 57- Transposing 58- Combining Scales 59- Sixteenth Note Figures 60- Breathing Technique 61- The Trumpet as a Transposing Instrument 62- Chord Progressions 63- Chord Symbols 64- Arpeggios 65- Posture

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Enharmonic Notes