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Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. Nearly all trombones use a telescoping slide mechanism to alter the pitch instead of the valves used by other brass instruments. The valve…

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Classification
Wind · Brass · Aerophone
Developed
Originated mid 15th century, sackbut in English until the early 18th century.
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
423.22 (Sliding aerophone sounded by lip vibration)

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related to Manufacturers · 26
Trombone → American, Bach, Boston Musical Instrument Company, Company, Conn, Courtois, Couturier, Edwards, For, Getzen, Graves, In, Jupiter, King, Rath, Schilke, Shires, Sons, Thein, Trombones
related to Classical period · 22
Trombone → Alceste, Alto Trombone, Baroque, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Classical, Concerto, Divertimento, Early Classical, Echo, Euridice, Examples, He, Iphigénie, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Leopold Mozart, Michael Haydn, Narcisse, Orfeo, Serenade, Strings
related to External links · 19
Trombone → ABRSM, Brass Instruments, Brigham Young UniversityAcoustics, Encyclopædia Britannica, Frequencies TromboneNPR, International Trombone AssociationOnline Trombone, JournalBritish Trombone SocietyTrombone History, MIMO, Music Acoustics, Musical Instrument Museums Online, New South WalesSources, Overview, Prescribed Sheet Music, Professor, Timeline, University, Vol, Webster, Will Kimball
related to Origin · 15
Trombone → Andrea Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi, Composers, Europe, German, Giovanni Gabrieli, Heinrich Schütz, It, Its, Modern, St Mark's Basilica, The, These, Trumpeters, Venice
related to Contemporary use · 12
Trombone → F-attachment, Frank Rehak, In, John Cage's, Luciano Berio's Sequenza, Mike Svoboda, New Orleans, Solo, Stuart Dempster, The, Trombones, Vinko Globokar
related to Didactics · 12
Trombone → Conn, Currently, German, Günter Frost, Helmut Voigt, Preacher, Several, The, Thein, While, Wurlitzer, Yamaha Corporation
related to Notation · 11
Trombone → A440, Altering, Baroque, Pitch, Prior, Reading, Since, Their, Trombones, Unlike, While
related to Partials and intonation · 11
Trombone → Although, As, Austria, D4, F3, F4, Germany, In, Notes, On, Western
related to Etymology · 8
Trombone → During, English, Italian, Renaissance, Shakbusshe, Spain, The, The French
related to Basic slide positions · 7
Trombone → Andre Braun, In, It, Joseph Fröhlich, The, Tightening, To

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tenor trombones slide valve bass instrument instruments brass century bell bore used first pitch use section music also early modern

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TromboneClassificationWind1.00infobox
TromboneClassificationBrass1.00infobox
TromboneClassificationAerophone1.00infobox
TromboneDevelopedOriginated mid 15th century, sackbut in English until the early 18th century.1.00infobox
TromboneHornbostel–Sachs classification423.22 (Sliding aerophone sounded by lip vibration)1.00infobox
Tromboneis amusical instrument in the brass family0.90text
Tromboneis aexception0.90text
Tromboneis apredominantly cylindrical tube with two U-shaped bends and a flared bell at the end0.90text
Tromboneis aslide0.90text
Tromboneis alowest trombone0.90text
Tromboneis adesign of trombone that has both a slide and a set of three valves for altering the pitch0.90text
the alta capella wind ensemblesinstance ofThese heralding trombonists were often viewed separately from the more skilled trombonists who played in groups0.80text

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