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the only orchestral brass that aims for the note instead of pressing a button
means A brass instrument whose pitch is changed by sliding a long telescoping tube in and out, rather than by valves, producing a rich and powerfully sliding tone.
from From Italian, where it's literally a 'big trumpet': tromba means trumpet, and the suffix -one means large — so a trombone is, charmingly, a trumpet supersized. Tromba itself is likely of Germanic origin, an echo of the instrument's blaring sound.
- name origin
- Italian for big trumpet, literally
- no valves
- its slide has seven distinct positions
- old name
- called the sackbut for centuries
- slide reach
- full extension is nearly four feet
- glissando king
- the only brass that smoothly slides between pitches
for instance
kid ory — new orleans jazz trombonist (1886-1973) who invented the tailgate trombone style
juan tizol — puerto rican valve trombonist who played 15 years with duke ellington's orchestra