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Trombone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (5838 words) |
 | A lip-reed aerophone with a predominantly cylindrical bore, the trombone is usually characterised by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube to change pitches. |
 | Mendelssohn's bass trombonist, Karl Traugott Queisser, was the first in a long line of distinguished professors of trombone at the academy in Leipzig and several composers penned works for him, including Ferdinand David (Mendelssohn's concertmaster), Ernst Sachse and Friedrich August Belcke, whose solo works all remain popular today in Germany. |
 | While some first trombonists have used the alto trombone as indicated, it was unfashionable from the mid-19th century to the late 20th and has only recently enjoyed something of a revival. |
| Trombonist - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (82 words) |
 | A trombonist is a musician who plays the trombone. |
 | See also list of jazz trombonists, Category:Classical trombonists, Category:Jazz trombonists, and Category:Trombonists. |
 | A new site is being built (List of classical trombonists) to try to consolidate and make more sense of the multiple lists of trombonists that are not called lists. |