Crossword clues for trombone
trombone
- A brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
- Tommy Dorsey's companion
- Jack Teagarden played it
- One of Willson's seventy-six
- One of Willson's 76
- One of a musical "76"
- Slide instrument
- One played doctor in Scottish town, putting an end to disease
- Run into the last place to be seen with a musician
- Brass instrument
- Big brass
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trombone \Trom"bone\, n. [It., aug. of tromba a trumpet: cf. F. trombone. See Trump a trumpet.]
(Mus.) 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.
(Zo["o]l.) The common European bittern.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
brass wind instrument, 1724, from Italian trombone, augmentative form of tromba "trumpet," from a Germanic source (compare Old High German trumba "trumpet;" see trumpet (n.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 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♭ˌ (contra B♭). 2 The common European bittern.
WordNet
n. a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
Wikipedia
The trombone 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. Nearly all trombones have a telescoping slide mechanism that varies the length of the instrument to change the pitch. Many modern trombone models also utilize a rotary valve as a means to lower pitch of the instrument. Variants such as the valve trombone and superbone have three valves like those on the trumpet.
The word trombone derives from Italian tromba ( trumpet) and -one (a suffix meaning "large"), so the name means "large trumpet". The trombone has a predominantly cylindrical bore like its valved counterpart the baritone and in contrast to its conical valved counterparts, the euphonium and the horn. The most frequently encountered trombones are the tenor trombone and bass trombone. The most common variant, the tenor, is a non-transposing instrument pitched in B, an octave below the B trumpet and an octave above the B tuba. The once common E alto trombone became less widely used as improvements in technique extended the upper range of the tenor, but it is now enjoying a resurgence due to its lighter sonority which is appreciated in many classical and early romantic works. Trombone music, along with music for euphonium and tuba, is typically written in concert pitch in either bass or tenor clef, although exceptions do occur, notably in almost all brass-band music where tenor trombone is presented as a B transposing instrument, written in treble clef.
A person who plays the trombone is called a trombonist or trombone player.
Usage examples of "trombone".
Royal Flush took the ID a step further: Goines was a second-rate utility trombone, usually hired for fill-in duty.
Anyway, the accident was a little over twenty-four hours old and I was just getting around to checking out the trombone after all.
The vegetable-sellers, the organ-grinders, the woman practising her scales, the man playing the trombone, had all trundled away their barrows, pulled down their shutters, and closed the lids of their pianos.
It was very much a McCartney family affair: Jim played piano and trumpet and his brother Jack played trombone and there was also a cousin in the band.
Pana Srpen even owns a trombone, and Pana Galgoc and Pana Chytil can play various other instruments.
The Slovak who had provided his own trombone and the Slovak who had been assigned the cornet blared some kind of Slovak hurrah.
I put my trombone together and limbered it up, and we played for a while.
I had to read treble clef instead of bass and play it an octave down to fit trombone range.
He put down his book and watched me polish up the trombone and put it back in the case.
He assumed his mother meant in fact not the trombone, but the trombonist.
There lay his trombone, gleaming like a horn of gold, still sporting that wisp of whisker at the nethermost curve of its slide.
As if he were sleepwalking, Rintoul took his trombone and his mouse, and lumbered off into the kitchen.
Madoc leaned over to give the trombone player a shake, and found out why.
Anyway, the ensemble needed a horn and a trombone so they hired Wilhelm and Samson to fill in.
He had used his trombone case to smash in the front of the box which held the transmitting-and-receiving apparatus.