423.22 (Sliding aerophone sounded by lip vibration)
Developed
Late 16th century
Playing range
Related instruments
Trombone
Contrabass trombone
Cimbasso
Musicians
Ben van Dijk
George Roberts
Douglas Yeo
The bass trombone (German: Bassposaune, Italian: trombone basso) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. Modern instruments are pitched in the same B♭ as the tenor trombone but with a larger bore, bell and mouthpiece to facilitate low register playing, and usually two valves to fill in the missing range immediately above the pedal tones.
The basstrombone (German: Bassposaune, Italian: trombone basso) is the bass instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. Modern instruments...
encountered trombones are the tenor trombone and basstrombone. These are treated as non-transposing instruments, reading at concert pitch in bass clef, with...
most other modern brass instruments. The modern basstrombone is the same length as a tenor trombone, but typically has two valves, pitched in F and G♭...
game soundtracks. The contrabass trombone first appeared in Renaissance music in the late 16th century. Basstrombones of the time were the quart-posaune...
tenor or basstrombone Rhapsody for Trombone and Piano Original version for basstrombone and string orchestra Concerto for Tuba or BassTrombone and Piano...
Church, Gdańsk. The alto trombone appears in the earliest written music for trombone, where composers wrote alto, tenor, and bass parts to bolster the corresponding...
founded in 1960. Unlike conventional brass quintets, the bass voice is provided by a basstrombone rather than a tuba. The Quintet has served as Ensemble-in-Residence...
early form of the trombone used during the Renaissance and Baroque eras. A sackbut has the characteristic telescopic slide of a trombone, used to vary the...
trombone, a lower pitched tromboneBass trumpet Bass violin Double bass, the largest and lowest pitched bowed string instrument Electric upright bass...
four tenor trombones one basstrombone (in place of one of the tenor trombones) Smaller jazz ensembles may include a single trumpet or trombone soloist....
its sound to the bass of the trombone family rather than the tuba, and its valves allow for more agility than a contrabass trombone. Like the modern contrabass...
double bass Woodwinds, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and occasional saxophone Brass instruments, such as the horn, trumpet, trombone, cornet...
horn Tenor tromboneBasstrombone Euphonium E♭ and B♭ Tubas With the exception of percussion, basstrombone and some older tenor trombone music, all parts...
played trombone through his army time in Germany, except when the dance band needed a bass player, alternating between string bass and trombone, and Kratzsch...
and conga drums, and Trio for Bass Instruments double bass, tuba and basstrombone, and in 2007 Synaxis for double bass, horn, oboe and clarinet with...
trumpets or cornets, one French horn, one trombone or euphonium/baritone horn, and one tuba or basstrombone. Musicians in a brass quintet may often play...
Tenor Horn Baritone horn Tenor tromboneBasstrombone Euphonium E♭ and B♭ Tubas With the exception of three trombones, all of the instruments have a conical...
earned a full music scholarship to Quincy College, where he studied the basstrombone. After completing his first year, he returned home for the summer and...
by a basstrombone. However, in rare cases where a fourth part is required, either trombone 3 is a tenor and trombone 4 is a bass, or trombones 3 and...
types of brass and woodwind instruments, such as bassoon, bass clarinet, basstrombone, and bass saxophone, the last of which was the first saxophone invented...
and his siblings to take music lessons. He is able to play guitar, bass, trombone, tuba, piano, violin, and saxophone. In 2014, Gillespie made his film...