1. Its been around a long time

2.  Called Sackbutt  Bell was more conical than flared  Slightly smaller  Used in ensembles with voices  Also in religious settings

3.  Almost completely limited to Austria  Used in partnership with a voice  Still often used in the church  Usually used in a trio with alto, tenor, and bass  Beethoven was the first major composer to use trombones

4.  Started to use mainly tenor trombone  Valve trombone came along  Did not change makeup of trombone sections  Was popular in Italy  Tuba additionally phased out bass trombone  Wide bell flare was added  Development of spit valve

5.  Many famous composers  More towards tenor  Usually 2 tenors and one bass  Marching bands, mainly high schools and colleges

6. Lots and lots of Trombones

7.  Higher than Tenor  Above it are:  Soprano  Sopranino  Piccolo

8.  Most common  Small bore  Biggest sound  Medium and large bore  More mellow sound  F attachment  Lower sound with a rotary valve

9.  Usually one in a orchestra  One or two valves  Second valve can be independent or not  Allows for lower sound than a tenor

10.  Not very common  Used in some jazz  Also for trumpet players who want to play trombone

12. SuperBone Valves and Slide Left hand valves Right hand slide Relatively new Rarely used

13. Contrabass Lowest trombone Octave lower than tenor Double slide

14.  Relatively simple instrument  It has a slide  Can adjust pitch easily  Not 2000 valves like a saxaphone  Richer sound than other wind instruments  Can do stuff you never imagined possible on an instrument with valves  Like an amazing gliss  Or taking the head off the person in front of you ▪ By mistake of course!

15. That was fun