Trombone Trivia For Musicians and Trombone Players

Making Music With A Trombone On Your Shoulder

Love the trombone? Find out cool trombone trivia here, plus shop for great trombone music, accessories, even design your own trombone t-shirt for wearing to rehearsals or gigs. Whatever you want to know about this unique musical instrument, you just might find it here.

Browse Links To Great Trombone Websites

Trombone Lovers' Resources

Check out all these great resources for trombone lovers. You'll find shopping sites, a history of trombones the instrument, cool stuff about famous trombonists and more.

Design Your Own Trombone T-shirt: If you're a trombonist, you probably have a lot of rehearsals. Now you can design your own trombone t-shirt or gift with Virtuoso Designer, an easy online program that takes just minutes from start to perfection. Popular black t-shirts, trombone license plate frames, hoodies and caps and much more can all be designed and purchased on the spot. Get one or a dozen. Great for jazz bands or any trombone player who wants to be ultra cool.
It doesn't get any easier than this. This is really a fun way to make unique trombone shirts that say exactly what you want them to.
Trombones Online: This website boasts that it is the "world's largest trombone specific portal", so check it out! Featured artists, lots of trombones and trombone accessories and much more.
Trombone Music at Sheet Music Plus: Trombone Sheet Music at Sheet Music Plus for beginners to experts. Solo and ensemble music, play alongs and methods. Shop now!
International Trombone Association: This website has links to all things Trombone.
Trombone Resources: This website offers great links to all kinds of trombone resources plus free downloads. Warm ups, ear training, embouchure videos and more.
Name That Trombone: How well do YOU know your trombone? Here's an easy quiz that names all the major parts. Great for kids just starting out to learn their instrument or trombone lovers that want to know a bit more about it.

Trombone - Play It Like A Pro

Cool photos of trombonists around the world.

These guys really know how to strut their stuff! Funny trombone photos to share with friends.

Sandro col trombone a villa Pamphili.

A slide trombone player jams it up with a street performing trio on Jackson Squa...

Sandro col trombone a villa Pamphili.

The Trombone Player in a Brass Jazz Band playing in New Orleans Square at Disney...

Trying out Zeb's trombone. They are inherently funny instruments.

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Trombone History On Wikipedia

Cool trombone facts

Learn more about the instrument know as the trombone.

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone: sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate. The trombone is usually characterised by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube to change pitches, although the less common valve trombone uses three valves similar to those on a trumpet.

The word trombone derives from Italian tromba (trumpet) and -one (a suffix meaning "large"), so the name literally means "large trumpet". Trombones and trumpets share the important characteristic of having predominantly cylindrical bores. Therefore, the most frequently encountered trombones ? the tenor and bass trombone ? are the tenor and bass counterparts of the trumpet. They are both pitched in B ? with the slide all the way in, the notes of the harmonic series based on B can be played ? but trombones generally read music in concert pitch.

A person who plays the trombone is called a trombonist.

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Trombone CD's and Accessories

Stay in tune with great trombone accessories.

Browse a few fun trombone products and CD's from amazon.com

Stagg Lacquer Plated Tenor Trombone

Amazon Price: $299.95 (as of 10/12/2008)

God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (Penguin Classics)

by James Weldon Johnson

Amazon Price: $11.20 (as of 10/12/2008)

Trombone Heaven, Vancouver, 1978

Amazon Price: $17.99 (as of 10/12/2008)

Crystalcello CWD427 B Flat Lacquer-plated Slide Trombone with Carrying Case

Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)

Arban's Famous Method for Trombone

by Joseph Jean Baptiste Laurent Arban

Amazon Price: $28.95 (as of 10/12/2008)

Trombone Poll

Join in the trombone poll and let others know your favorite place to play the 'bone.

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2008 International Trombone Festival

Trombones In Salt Lake City Utah

This year's 2008 International Trombone Festival is being held in Salt Lake City Utah, from May 28-31. For more information check out their website:
International Trombone Festival

Shop For Cool Trombone T-shirts, Music And Accessories

Gifts For Your Favorite Trombonist.

Visit these websites for great t-shirts and gifts for trombone musicians and teachers.

Milestones Music - This website offers colorful trombone t-shirts for guys and gals plus gifts for trombonists.

Trombone Cookie Cutter
I ran across this cookie cutter site that has copper and other metal musical instruments cookie cutters, including one for the trombone.

Fun Facts About The Trombone

A little trombone trivia for the truly addicted.

DID YOU KNOW...

April 6-13 2008 is International Trombone Week?
The earliest mention of the trombone as an instrument was in 1468, at the wedding of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York!
The Internatioinal Trombone Festival is the world's largest event for trombone players. It is held annually.
The word trombone is from the Italian. It comes from the words 'tromba' meaning trumpet and 'one' meaning large; trombone translates as 'large trumpet'.
In Mason City, Iowa, hometown of Meredith Willson (who wrote the musical 'The Music Man' and its famous song "Seventy-Six Trombones"), is a building called Music Man Square that has 76 Trombones hanging from the ceiling in one room.

How A Trombone Is Built

Cool video describes the process of creating a new trombone.

From Discovery Science, this great video takes you step by step through the process of making a trombone. Fun and instructional for any trombone lover!