Trombone vs. Trumpet

Trombonenoun

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♭).

Trombonenoun

The common European bittern.

Tromboneverb

(telecommunications) To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.

Trombonenoun

A powerful brass instrument of the trumpet kind, thought by some to be the ancient sackbut, consisting of a tube in three parts, bent twice upon itself and ending in a bell. The middle part, bent double, slips into the outer parts, as in a telescope, so that by change of the vibrating length any tone within the compass of the instrument (which may be bass or tenor or alto or even, in rare instances, soprano) is commanded. It is the only member of the family of wind instruments whose scale, both diatonic and chromatic, is complete without the aid of keys or pistons, and which can slide from note to note as smoothly as the human voice or a violin. Softly blown, it has a rich and mellow sound, which becomes harsh and blatant when the tones are forced; used with discretion, its effect is often solemn and majestic.

Trombonenoun

The common European bittern.

Trombonenoun

a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

Trombonenoun

a large brass wind instrument with straight tubing in three sections, ending in a bell over the player's left shoulder, different fundamental notes being made using a forward-pointing extendable slide.

Trombonenoun

an organ stop with the quality of a trombone.

Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips (embouchure) cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate.

Trumpetnoun

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.

Trumpetnoun

In an orchestra or other musical group, a musician that plays the trumpet.

Trumpetnoun

The cry of an elephant.

Trumpetnoun

(figurative) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

Trumpetnoun

A funnel, or short flaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

Trumpetnoun

A kind of traffic interchange involving at least one loop ramp connecting traffic either entering or leaving the terminating expressway with the far lanes of the continuous highway.

Trumpetverb

(intransitive) To sound loudly, be amplified

Trumpetverb

(intransitive) To play the trumpet.

Trumpetverb

(intransitive) Of an elephant, to make its cry.

Trumpetverb

(transitive) To proclaim loudly; to promote enthusiastically

Trumpetnoun

A wind instrument of great antiquity, much used in war and military exercises, and of great value in the orchestra. In consists of a long metallic tube, curved (once or twice) into a convenient shape, and ending in a bell. Its scale in the lower octaves is limited to the first natural harmonics; but there are modern trumpets capable, by means of valves or pistons, of producing every tone within their compass, although at the expense of the true ringing quality of tone.

Trumpetnoun

A trumpeter.

Trumpetnoun

One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it.

Trumpetnoun

A funnel, or short, fiaring pipe, used as a guide or conductor, as for yarn in a knitting machine.

Trumpetverb

To publish by, or as by, sound of trumpet; to noise abroad; to proclaim; as, to trumpet good tidings.

Trumpetverb

To sound loudly, or with a tone like a trumpet; to utter a trumplike cry.

Trumpetnoun

a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves

Trumpetverb

proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet;

Trumpetverb

play or blow on the trumpet

Trumpetverb

utter in trumpet-like sounds;

Trumpet

The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet with the highest register in the brass family, to the bass trumpet, which is pitched one octave below the standard B♭ or C Trumpet.