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trombone

Brass musical instrument with a slide

Also known as slide trombone

Instance of: type of musical instrument
Subclass of: labrosone with slides

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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 trombone is an exception, using three valves similar to those on a trumpet, and the superbone has valves and a slide.

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Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 423.22
Used by: trombonist
Awards: Instrument of the Year(2011)
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1.2011.instrument-des-jahres.de/Retrieved 2019-04-08
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Different from: Tomasz Puzon
Members / parts: slide
Unicode character: 🪊

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