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: a brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube with two turns and having a movable slide or valves for varying the tone and a usual range one octave lower than that of the trumpet
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Their fraught reunion happens on Ellis Island, where they are queried by a peremptory immigration official, who communicates in a mixture of English and trombone.
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Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
There was the brassy timbre of his father’s trombone, whether playing onstage or along with concerts on television.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
All the flutes are keyless too, allowing for minute tunings, akin to a trombone or violin.
—Hugh Morris, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
Most are Peso’s bandmates — young but seasoned musicians who play bass, double bass, guitar, requinto (a smaller kind of guitar), trombone, and charchetas (alto horns), all instruments that define Peso’s particular brand of corridos tumbados.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
Seasonal carols get a resplendent, dopamine-boosting sheen courtesy of the Phil’s trumpets, horns, trombones, and tubas.
—The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
University of Michigan researcher Jacob Kerzner uncovered its complete musical orchestration, with parts for flute, cello, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, bass and piano, making the musical possible to perform for the first time in nearly a century.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
The wry tubas and trombones that accentuate the opening section.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The three-song set highlights the elegance of live instruments such as a saxophone, trumpets, trombones, conga, and güira with charming musical arrangements, writes Billboard Español‘s Luisa Calle.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2024
Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
There was the brassy timbre of his father’s trombone, whether playing onstage or along with concerts on television.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
All the flutes are keyless too, allowing for minute tunings, akin to a trombone or violin.
—Hugh Morris, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
Most are Peso’s bandmates — young but seasoned musicians who play bass, double bass, guitar, requinto (a smaller kind of guitar), trombone, and charchetas (alto horns), all instruments that define Peso’s particular brand of corridos tumbados.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2024
Seasonal carols get a resplendent, dopamine-boosting sheen courtesy of the Phil’s trumpets, horns, trombones, and tubas.
—The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
University of Michigan researcher Jacob Kerzner uncovered its complete musical orchestration, with parts for flute, cello, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, bass and piano, making the musical possible to perform for the first time in nearly a century.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
The wry tubas and trombones that accentuate the opening section.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
The three-song set highlights the elegance of live instruments such as a saxophone, trumpets, trombones, conga, and güira with charming musical arrangements, writes Billboard Español‘s Luisa Calle.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2024
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