Trombone

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The Trombone is a brass instrument with a slide for changing pitch. In the orchestra, it often represents the voice of doom and danger with its loud, deep, bass sound that can slide menacingly from one note to the next. The trombone can also play softly : its warm tone often features in jazz bands and brass groups.

Family
Brasses
Pitch range
Two-and-a-half octaves.
Material
Usually brass.
Size
Tube length 9 ft (2.70 m).
Origins
The trombone developed from the Renaissance sackbut, and first appeared in the mid-15th century in the Court of Burgundy.
Classification
Aerophone: an instrument that produces its sound by the vibration of a column of air.
And also...
In the 17th and 18th century, trombones were used in Operas for supernatural scenes. In Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni," the trombone is used to accompany the statue of the dead Commendatore.

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