Talking Trombones...

The tenor trombone has been unkindly termed ‘a manually operated pneumatic pitch approximater.’
(Cruel but Fair.)

Capable of playing up to four octaves, in only the most expert of hands, it can access up to 50 different semitones via the manipulation of a slide, through seven positions.
The selected pitch is achieved by tightening and relaxing the facial muscles in the embouchure.
It’s overall length is nine feet.

Players require near perfect pitch to achieve accurate tonality, in the same way that violinists, cellists, and double bass players do.
The trombone obviously has no valves, keys, buttons or frets, to assist in slotting the tone.
A well controlled vibrato can cover a multitude of sins however.

The earliest brass slide instrument appeared in the 1420s, but the obvious forerunner to the trombone was the sackbut, and not the slush pump, as promoted by numerous comedians.
The name sackbut derives from the French word sacquer - ‘to pull and push.’
Here endeth the first lesson.

Now a piece of comic and musical genius.
One guy manipulating simultaneously, two trombones and two trumpets.
Just incredible.

MNOZIL BRASS lonley boy

 

Of course - I do realise that this post is probably of interest only to me.
Total self indulgence on my part.

 

What's your main instrument?

 

Trombone

 

Trombone's nice too but

 

I do believe you set me up for the punch line then TFF.

 

I was actually curious because it looks like you're playing a Tenor horn in your profile picture.

 

I do play Slide trombone
Baritone Horn, and
Valve trombone.

Here’s a clip of the first two in a jazz club.
(Incidentally - I had to stop after four bars because two old boys in the front row were talking so loud, I couldn’t think. (Probably deaf !!!)
I shamed them into silence.

When You Wish Upon a Star

 

@Jazzer ,
Your brilliant...
Love glynis