i can get as high as an above the stavec and as low as a pedal c on a standard Bb trombone, no triggers. that seems to be the only notes you will ever need for any piece, the only reason the bottom c is there is cos of a weird bit in "the hustle". in fact.....all of the hustle is weird. ah well

There is no way to play pedal C without a trigger.

ya know if you put a 12c t-mouth peice on a tuba, you could hit the same range as a t-bone, that is a double high flat.

Robert, I hate to tell you or maby I love to tell you this but here is what I want you to do tripple pedal bflats and then with out moving the slide bend the pitch down to an f. once you can do that then place the horn in 7th and out a hair more then bend the pitch down to the c and even the bflat. I can on a 2b, can you on what ever your playing? Oh i can do it on my 88h and on my getzin bass horn.

notshort, I`ve read your posts, and you talk like you really know a lot about trombones. Are you in high school? College? Where do you play? How long have you played?

The trombone, as any brass instrument, has partials. For the purpose of this discussion, we will just talk about trombones. The first partial on a trombone is a pedal Bb, the second is a standard Bb, the third an F, fourth Bb, fifth D, sixth F and so on. Of course, it is possible to play more pitches, especially down low. These sounds are, however, not notes. The sound is made by the players lips vibrating, and not the horn resonating. For a standard trombone (no F attachment) the lowest true note that can be played on the horn is pedal E natural in position 7. For a trigger trombone, with the F attachment slide extended and valve open, with the slide in seventh position, a double pedal Bb is actually obtainable. With a bass, you can go lower, based on what the attachments are tuned to. However, it is not possible to play a triple pedal Bb on trombone, and if it were, it would be in the sub-sonic range, below the range of human hearing. So it is possible to make the noise of a pedal C on a straight tenor, but it is in fact, not a note.

Bobert is right.

A triple pedal B-flat? Please. Some people just don`t know what they`re talking about.

I currently am playing in 2 semi pro symphs in the portland oregon area. I play with a reserve army band. I am in 2 big bands, a local little ska band (it is about to fold I think) I play with the local college. I am currently teaching a handfull of students and lastly no im not in highschool.
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The term tripple peddal is a term used to describe the bflat that is one octive below the bottom (you know which line i meen) of the base cleff. It os also called a peddal tone bflat and a pedal bflat based on the instrument you play. The term pedal comes from the organ that has pedals and they are played with your feet. starting at the toppeddal bflat (on the organ) that is the same as a bflat at the top of the base clef then double pedal is one octive below that and the triple pedal is one more octive down, hence the ter tripple pedal. (ps i cant spell worth crap)

It is just called pedal Bb, not triple pedal Bb. The fundamental (or pedal note) of the trombone is one octave below 2nd line Bb in the bass clef.

Having recently confirmed this information with an organ performance major, I have found that it is in fact possible for the tuning not Bb to be played on the pedals of SOME organs. If the pedals are on an set of 8 foot pipes, the top pedal Bb is the same as the tuning Bb for trombone. However, this is not the case if the organ has 16 or 32 foot pipes. In that case, there is a chord (1,8,15) that is produced, and one of the notes played will sound, but it will not be the bottom note. In the trombone world, the only one of those Bbs that is reffered to as pedal is the fundamental pitch. This is also a double low Bb, the next one is Bb1, then Bb0, Bb1 (high) then double high Bb.

So I have been educated about the organ. I apreciate it.(going to have a word or 5 with my old piano teacher)