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SongsMo Li Hua · Jasmine Flower (茉莉花)
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Chinese traditional, Jiangsu region; the tune dates to the Qianlong era (1735–1796) and was first printed in the West in 1804. Public domain.

38 notes · E2–F5 · the pedal B♭1 on the ladder · 38 notes · The B♭ tenor trombone: nine feet of tube and seven positions — the one in every band.

Tap a note, or slide along them to play legato, from note to note in one breath. On a keyboard the letters on the notes are the ones to press — Q is the low F in 6th position, and they climb a semitone at a time.

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Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower) — Trombone Notes

Mo Li Hua · Jasmine Flower (茉莉花), written out for the trombone as every note with its slide position and set up above on the Tenor. Press Play to hear it, Practice to learn it one note at a time — the trombone waits for you — or Play along to keep time with it.

  • Notes67, 8 pitches
  • RangeF2–B♭3
  • Key hereB♭ major
  • Tempo84 bpm · about 40 s
  • LevelIntermediate

Can a trombone play Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower)?

Yes — every one on this page plays it. The check is made note by note against what each one can actually sound. Where the tune does not fit as the library writes it, another key or octave is tried, and the table says which; where nothing fits, it names the notes that are missing.

  • Tenor✓ Plays as writtenIn B♭ major, F2–B♭3 · loaded above
  • Tenor + F trigger✓ Plays as writtenIn B♭ major, F2–B♭3 · load it
  • Alto in E♭↕ Plays, movedPlayed an octave higher: B♭ major, F3–B♭4 · load it

Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower): trombone notes

The large line is the note; the small line under it is the slide position — T means with the F trigger held. A dash holds the note another beat, an underline is half a beat, and a dot beside a note makes it half as long again. Each line is one phrase.

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Mo Li Hua · Jasmine Flower (茉莉花) — trombone notes (Tenor) · tonalics.com

The 8 notes it uses

Lowest to highest, with how many times each is played. Learn these 8 and you can play the whole tune.

  • F6th×2
  • G4th×3
  • B♭1st×8
  • C6th×9
  • D4th×14
  • F1st×17
  • G4th×9
  • B♭1st×5

What to expect on a trombone

  • It runs from F2 to B♭3, an octave and a fourth, using 8 different notes. That leaves 1 semitone unused below and 19 above.
  • 62% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a fourth, B♭3 to F3, at note 50.
  • It uses 3 slide positions: 1st, 4th and 6th.
  • The longest move between two neighbouring notes is 5 positions.

About the tune

A folk song from the Jiangsu region dating to the Qianlong era of the 18th century. It was the first Chinese melody to become widely known in Europe, printed in London in 1804 by John Barrow, and Puccini used it throughout his opera Turandot.

Chinese traditional, Jiangsu region; the tune dates to the Qianlong era (1735–1796) and was first printed in the West in 1804. Public domain. More about Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower) →

Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower) on other instruments

The same melody, in each instrument’s own notation. It is not offered for the handpan or ocarina, which do not have the notes.

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Playing it on a real trombone?

If it sounds wrong, check the instrument before the notes. The trombone tuner listens through your microphone and names what each note is actually sounding.

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