Mellophone · treble clef
Mellophone Scales
All 12 major scales for mellophone, one octave each, with the fingering for every note. Each scale is named by its concert key, with the written key you read beside it.
Concert C major written G major
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Open, no valves.
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Open, the same as low C. Faster air and firmer lips raise the pitch.
Concert F major written C major
Open, no valves.
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Open, the same as low C. Faster air and firmer lips raise the pitch.
Open, the same as low C and G, one step higher in the overtone series.
Concert B♭ major written F major
Open, the same as low C. Faster air and firmer lips raise the pitch.
Open, the same as low C and G, one step higher in the overtone series.
Open fingering on the top space. It can sit a little flat; listen and adjust.
Concert E♭ major written B♭ major
Open, no valves.
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Open, the same as low C. Faster air and firmer lips raise the pitch.
Concert A♭ major written E♭ major
Open, the same as low C. Faster air and firmer lips raise the pitch.
Open, the same as low C and G, one step higher in the overtone series.
Concert D♭ major written A♭ major
Open, no valves.
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Open, the same as low C. Faster air and firmer lips raise the pitch.
Concert G♭ major written D♭ major
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Open, the same as low C and G, one step higher in the overtone series.
Concert B major written F♯ major
Concert E major written B major
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Concert A major written E major
Open fingering on the top space. It can sit a little flat; listen and adjust.
Concert D major written A major
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Concert G major written D major
This fingering plays sharp. Lip it down, or push the first valve slide out if your mellophone has a trigger or saddle on that slide.
Open, the same as low C. Faster air and firmer lips raise the pitch.
About these scales
Band directors usually call scales by their concert name, so the whole band plays the same pitches. On mellophone the note you read is different from the concert pitch, so each scale shows both.
For the full range and alternate fingerings, see the mellophone fingering chart.