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Trombone Family

11/11/2015

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Trombone
Trombone
Tenor Trombone
The tenor trombone has a metallic timbre that can sound mysterious when played quietly, or threatening when played loudly, especially on the lowest notes. Trombones are best known for their ability to glissando, or slide smoothly between notes, something very difficult to do on other instruments. This is easy on a trombone because they have a slide rather than valves.
In the concert band they are used for low brassy sections of music and help with the inner voices and bass section of the band. There are usually 2 or 3 trombone parts that are often each played by 2 players.
Trombones have very long, narrow cylindrical tubes, which straightened out would measure almost 2.7m long.
Fact: The ancestor of the Trombone was known as a Sackbut and was first manufactured in Nuremburg in 1594. It had a smaller bell and gave a softer, mellower sound than the present day tenor trombone.
Bass Trombone
The large bore and big bell gives the bass trombone a deeper sound than the tenor trombone, solid and dramatic, with more power on the very low notes. It is usually used on the 3rd or bass trombone part. A band will usually have one or two bass trombones.
Trombone Family
Bass, Tenor and Tenor Trombone
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