History of the trombone
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This paper is mainly about the History of the
trombone. In it you will find that I only have a
few chapters on the name, & description of the
Trombone, & a lot less on the history of the
Trombone. In this novel I have learned a lot about the trombone & its properties. I hope you enjoy this novel.
Description
A brass aero phone with a cup shaped mouth piece & predominantly cylindrical bore. In its most familiar form it is the tenor baritone counterpart of the orchestral trumpet but is characterized by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube. The trombone has 7 slide positions and many different notes for each position. Its characteristics are a cylindrical bore, meaning that the diameter of the tubing stays relatively the same throughout the length of the horn, a handslide, and a bell section that extends out proportionally about 1third of the length of the slide when assembled.
Name
Ever wonder about were the name of the trombone came from? Take the Italian name for trumpet-tromba-remove the a and add the suffix for big-one-and you get trombone which means of course big-trumpet...