After hours of tweaking and fine tuning, the digitaltrombone web shop is now launched! Opening hours are Monday-Sunday 9.00am-9.00am CET. All year. Always!

The shop will offer books and sheet music in PDF format, covering a wide variety of subjects such as:

FAQ:
?: Do I have to buy something when I visit the store?
!: No, but I strongly recommend it.
?: Can I return purchased items?
!: No, you cannot return a digital product, but feel free to send me a nasty email with your complaints.
?: Is there any other web shop in the world that can compete with the digitaltrombone shop?
!: No. I don´t think so.
?: Are your products safe?
!: Yes, very. All our downloadable products are animal tested and guaranteed allergy free.
?: What if my friends are interested in the product I just bought?
!: Tease them with it and send them to the shop. Giving them the product would be stupid. And illegal. And bad for business.
?: Can I become an affiliate marketer of your products?
!: Yes you can. More info here
?: Will that make me rich?
!: Probably not. Maybe a little.
?: My recently purchased PDF file has a peculiar smell to it. What can I do?
!: Switch to mac.

It was supposed to be a simple little exercise, didn´t expect it to end up covering nine pages of sheet music!

This is an exercise about the different types of triads and their inversions. Triads are a fundamental part of western music, both classical, jazz and pop/rock etc. You don´t need a bachelor in triadism to spot the difference between major and minor, but when you include the different inversion, mix minor, major, augmented and diminished it can be a bit more tricky to tell them apart. read more »

Maybe you read my previous article with scale exercises? Then let´s move on with the same concept using the altered scale!

I find the altered scale to be very useful when I improvise. It has more edge and tension than any mode of the major scale. And it´s very useful over a large variety of chords.

first, here´s the scale in the key of C:

It consists of the root, b9, #9, major third, #11, b6, and the b7. These are all notes you use in an altered dominant chord. As a matter of fact, you can play all the notes in the scale at once, creating a C7 b9 #11 b13. read more »