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Two tenores – a tenora is a larger version of the tible; Five brass instruments Two trumpets; A trombone – often a valve-trombone; Two fiscorns – a fiscorn is a rotary-valved baritone saxhorn with the bell facing forward, similar in appearance to a large flugelhorn; A string bass – originally and still often a three-string double bass
The trombone is a musical instrument from the brass instrument family. Trombone's first premiere in jazz was with Dixieland jazz as a supporting role within the Dixie Group. This role later grew into the spotlight as players such as J.J. Johnson and Jack Teagarden began to experiment more with the instrument, finding that it can fill in roles ...
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.
Duranguense is a subgenre of regional Mexican music. It is a hybrid of Technobanda and Tamborazo.The instruments held over from tamborazo are the saxophone, trombone, and tambora, while the instruments held over from technobanda are the electronic keyboard (more specifically the Korg X3, Korg N364, which are used for the main melody and the Yamaha DX7, which is used by many bands for the bass ...
The smallest sizes are found on jazz trombones and older narrow-bore instruments, while the larger sizes are common on orchestral models. Bass trombone bells can be 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (27 cm) or more, with most being between 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 10 in (24 and 25 cm). The bell may be made from two separate brass sheets or from one single piece of metal ...
In the early 2010s James Morrison in conjunction with Austrian instrument manufacturer Schagerl created his own version of a superbone, employing a larger 0.525-inch (13.3 mm) bore and three rotary valves operated by the left hand. [11] This arrangement allows the player to use the valves and slide independently or simultaneously. [12]
The bass trombone (German: Bassposaune, Italian: trombone basso) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments.Modern instruments are pitched in the same B♭ as the tenor trombone but with a larger bore, bell and mouthpiece to facilitate low register playing, and usually two valves to fill in the missing range immediately above the pedal tones.
Records of the term trombone predate the term sackbut by two decades, and evidence for the German term Posaune is even older. [1] Sackbut, originally a French term, was used in England until the instrument fell into disuse in the eighteenth century; when it returned, the Italian term trombone became dominant. [2]