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  2. Trombone - Wikipedia

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    The word "trombone" derives from Italian tromba (trumpet) and -one (a suffix meaning "large"), so the name means "large trumpet". The trombone has a predominantly cylindrical bore like the trumpet, in contrast to the more conical brass instruments like the cornet, the flugelhorn, the baritone, and the euphonium.

  3. Banda music - Wikipedia

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    Banda is a subgenre of regional Mexican music and type of ensemble in which wind (mostly brass) and percussion instruments are performed. The history of banda music in Mexico dates from the middle of the 19th century with the arrival of piston brass instruments, when community musicians tried to imitate military bands. The first bandas were ...

  4. Boléro - Wikipedia

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    brass: 4 horns, 4 trumpets (3 in C, one in D), 3 trombones (2 tenor and one bass trombone), bass tuba; 3 timpani and 4 percussionists: 2 snare drums, bass drum, pair of cymbals, tam-tam; celesta and harp; strings; The instrumentation calls for a sopranino saxophone in F, which never existed (modern sopraninos are in E ♭).

  5. Valve trombone - Wikipedia

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    The valve trombone emerged concurrently with the invention of valves in the early 19th century. Most early instruments retained the shape and form of the slide trombone, employing three valves with the tubing arranged in place of the slide; others used the new valve mechanism as an opportunity to explore different configurations while retaining the overall cylindrical bore and bell profile.

  6. Maraca - Wikipedia

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    A maraca (pronunciation ⓘ), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, [1] is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music.It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair.

  7. Laúd - Wikipedia

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    Laúd (Spanish: "lute") is a plectrum-plucked chordophone from Spain, played also in diaspora countries such as Cuba and the Philippines. The laúd belongs to the cittern family of instruments. The Spanish and Cuban instruments have six double courses in unison (i.e. twelve strings in pairs); the Philippine instrument has 14 strings with some ...

  8. Music of Spain - Wikipedia

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    The signature instrument of the region is the gaita . The gaita is often accompanied by a snare drum, called the tamboril, and is played in processional marches. Other instruments include the requinta, a kind of fife, as well as harps, fiddles, rebec and zanfona (hurdy-gurdy).

  9. Rondalla - Wikipedia

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    The rondalla is an ensemble of stringed instruments played with the plectrum or pick and generally known as plectrum instruments. It originated in Medieval Spain, especially in the ancient Crown of Aragon: Catalonia, [1] Aragon, Murcia, and Valencia. The tradition was later taken to Spanish America and the Philippines.