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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 116. Chapters: Trombone, Trumpet, Brass instrument, Horn, Sousaphone, Embouchure, Tuba, Pitch of brass instruments, Flugelhorn, Euphonium, Cornet, Saxhorn, Sackbut, Cornett, Baritone horn, Bass trumpet, Bugle, History of primitive and non-Western trumpets, Saxotromba, Types of trombone, Saxtuba, Brass band, Natural trumpet, Serpent, Cornettino, Alto horn, Baroque trumpet, Embouchure collapse, Ophicleide, Mellophone, Tenor cornett, Contrabass bugle, Wagner tuba, Soprano helicon, Mute cornett, Buccin, Pocket trumpet, Natural horn, Carnyx, Subcontrabass tuba, Post horn, Slide trumpet, Keyed trumpet, Firebird, Medieval lituus, Tube trumpet, Vienna horn, Piccolo trumpet, Horn section, Superbone, Trombetto, Cornu, Vladimirskiy rozhok, Pedal tone, Fat trumpet, Five valve euphonium, Buccina, Fiscorn, Hand-stopping, Vienna valve trombone, Cimbasso, Bazooka, Double bell euphonium, Clarion, Marching brass, Soprano cornet, King 3B, Kakaki, Roman tuba, Nabal, Truba, Sotone, Flumpet, Aequale, Kuhlohorn, Jazzophone, Valide trombone, Kangling, Buisine, Sudrophone, Silver sonic trombone, Bhankora, P t tara. Excerpt: The trombone (Ger. Posaune, Sp. trombon) is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. The trombone is usually characterised by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube to change pitches, although the valve trombone uses three valves like those on a trumpet. The word trombone derives from Italian tromba (trumpet) and -one (a suffix meaning "large"), so the name literally means "large trumpet." Trombones and trumpets share the important characteristic of having predominantly cylindrical bores. Therefore, the most frequently encountered trombones-the tenor and bas...
