Next year comes along and our band director brings out this tall, long, movable, sliding thing and hands it to me...... I said "What is this thing?" in my lovable sarcastic voice. He answers as if he doesn't know "Your trombone you wanted." I called him out and said "No I wanted flute YOU wanted trombone." And lucky me I got the pushy director and he said "But you have the perfect teeth for it, you have the lungs and your arms will get longer" :(. I wish they were long enough to reach across that room. I became first chair trombone fast!
I still am first chair and it'll stay that way!! So to end on a good note here are some trombone facts that you should know:
1. One familiar name to most trombone players for the instrument is the English Sackbut.
2. There are various trombones like Alto trombone in Eb, small-bore Tenor trombone in Bb, large-bore Tenor trombone in Bb with F trigger attachment, Bass trombone in Bb with F and G trigger attachments.
3. The current German term for the instrument, Posaune.
Peace To Ya Motha From The Trombona; telling you: to keep sliding it out!!
~$*Trombona*$~