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sackbut

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sackbut (săk`bət), Renaissance name for the slide trombone, probably derived from the old French word sacqueboute, which means "pull-push." The instrument achieved its present form in the 15th cent., the only differences being a narrower bore and a smaller bell. These differences lent the sackbut, sometimes called a posuane, a less mellow tone than its modern counterpart.
sackbut
a medieval form of trombone


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The sackbut was an early form of which modern musical instrument?
TIME OUT: QUIZ CHALLENGE by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The word sackbut probably came from the French words saquer, meaning to pull, and bouter, meaning to push.
Holme Valley sound is going worldwide; Trombone firm's slide to ... by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Using traditional Renaissance instruments, such as the hurdy-gurdy, sackbut trombone, tabor drums and bagpipes, they brought the music of the 16th and 17th Century alive in the town's Market Place as the three-day festival got underway.
Gathering keeps local heritage alive by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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