#BRASS INSTRUMENT TUNER HOW TO#

Trombone/Euphonium – pull or push the main tuning slide at the back of the instrument (not the playing slide).

The correct starting point is about an inch pulled out.

Trumpet – pull or push the main tuning slide.

(note: if you have a double French horn, you must tune both the F and Bb sides of the horn using the main tuning slide for each.)

French Horn – push or pull the main tuning slide.

The correct starting point is halfway on the cork (half of cork inside and half outside).

Saxophone – pull or push the mouthpiece on the cork.

Bass Clarinet – pull or push in at the neck where it goes into the main body of the bass clarinet.

If you are still flat, work on firming up your embouchure. The correct starting point is with all joints pushed together completely.

Clarinet – pull or push at the barrel between the barrel and the upper stack (that is the top large piece).

You should see a little of the non shiny part of the tube. The correct starting point is pulled out about an inch.

Flute – pull out or push in the head joint.

#BRASS INSTRUMENT TUNER HOW TO#

Here is a breakdown of how to adjust each instrument: You instrument has a built in adjustment ability to bring your instrument back “in tune”. That is because one instrument may be just slightly higher (sharp) or lower (flat) in pitch. You may be playing the same note (like you and another player who plays the same instrument are both playing “C”), but it still sounds a little off or sour. What does it mean to “tune your instrument”? It means to match your sound exactly with either an electronic tuner or an instrument that a person is playing next to you.

Brass instrument tuner