Posaune — meaning in English
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English meaning
- trombone noun A brass instrument with a sliding tube used to change pitch.
Senses
Posaune is used for these senses in English:
- sackbut (music) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
- trombone A musical instrument in the brass family, having a cylindrical bore, and usually a sliding tube (but sometimes piston valves, and rarely both). Most often refers to the tenor trombone, which is the most common type of trombone and has a fundamental tone of B♭ˌ (contra B♭).
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