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Definition of Trombone
1. Noun. A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide.
Definition of Trombone
1. n. A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn and majestic.
Definition of Trombone
1. Noun. A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B?? (contra B?). ¹
2. Noun. The common European bittern. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Trombone
1. a brass wind instrument [n -S]
Medical Definition of Trombone
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1. A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn and majestic.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Trombone
Literary usage of Trombone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Only four positions were made use of.1 By the first—that is, with the slide close
up—there was obtained from the ordinary trombone, then called the tenor ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"He established this fact, however, that it was customary in France, as in Germany,
to lower the instrument a fourth below the pitch of the ordinary trombone ..."
3. The Technique of the Modern Orchestra: A Manual of Practical Instrumentation by Charles Marie Widor (1906)
"13—The Contrabass trombone is an octave below the Tenor trombone, like the Double -
bass compared with the Cello, or, more precisely, ..."
4. Famous Composers and Their Works by Philip Hale, Louis Charles Elson (1900)
"The keyed trombone, because of its many and sharp bends in the tubing, can never
give as good a tone as the slide trombone, where the bendings of the tube ..."
5. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac (1903)
"In English, Otto Langley, "Tutor for Slide trombone." trombone A PISTONS. This is
a tenor trombone having instead of the slide a system of pistons, ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"He established this fact, however, that it was customary in France, as in Germany,
to lower the instrument a fourth below the pitch of the ordinary trombone ..."
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