4 Quotes About Trombone

Did you know that the trombone is the only instrument in the world with a slide, a mute, and a draw? While its history is a bit murky, it’s believed that the trombone was invented in France in the 1680s, and it was popular in Europe for over two centuries. It wasn’t until the late 19th century that it became popular in America. In fact, the first professional musician to play the trombone in America was an African American man named Thomas Blount. Nowadays, many people use a trombone as a trademark to identify themselves Read more

Here are some funny and inspirational trombone quotes to help you express yourself in your own unique way.

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The red-jacketed band stirred to life. The first musician raised his trumpet. The trombone dipped. The drumstick rose. Lea lowered her clarinet. It had been Brent's idea not to have their insturments rise and fall in unison. The staggered motion gave it a more exciting rhythm. Paul Fleischman
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The statue was of a nude woman playing a slide trombone. It was entitles, enigmatically, Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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The Prince stood beside the timpanist to count his rests for him and see that he came in in the right place. I suppressed all the trumpet passages which were clearly beyond the players' grasp. The solitary trombone was left to his own devices; but as he wisely confined himself to the notes with which he was thoroughly familiar, such as A flat, D and F, and was careful to avoid all others, his success in the role was almost entirely a silent one. Hector Berlioz