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A sackbut (also sacbut, sackbutt, sagbut, shagbolt, or shakbusshe) is a brass musical instrument, an ancestor of the modern trombone, similar to a slide trumpet.
One ancestor is an instrument called the serpent.
The word trombone derives from the Italian tromba and one (or ona). Tromba means trumpet, and one (or ona) means big. The Bb tenor trombone (or "big trumpet") is pitched one octave below the Bb trumpet, and its tubing length, at 108 inches, is twice as long as the tubing in a Bb trumpet.
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The main ancestor is the sackbut, a medieval version of the trombone which is smaller and has a smaller bell
A sackbut (also sacbut, sackbutt, sagbut, shagbolt, or shakbusshe) is a brass musical instrument, an ancestor of the modern trombone, similar to a slide trumpet.
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The ancestor of the trombone was called a sackbut.
One ancestor is an instrument called the serpent.
The trombone originated as a tenor trumpet, to which a slide was added in medieval times to give the "sackbut" or "sagbutt". The earliest surviving sackbuts are roughly 15th century. In more modern times, the lather bracing of the sackbut was replaced with metal struts and the bore and bell widened to give the modern trombone.
The vihuela de mano evolved into the guitar. The sackbut evolved into the trombone. The shawm evolved into the oboe.
A trombone
The early ancestor closest to modern man in intellectual ability was the
the Trombone was invented in Burgundy, a region of what is now known as modern day France
The word trombone derives from the Italian tromba and one (or ona). Tromba means trumpet, and one (or ona) means big. The Bb tenor trombone (or "big trumpet") is pitched one octave below the Bb trumpet, and its tubing length, at 108 inches, is twice as long as the tubing in a Bb trumpet.
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