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Trombones are a family of brass instruments characterized by their adjustable slides. Trombones actually come in a consort, including the contrabass, G bass, Bb bass, symphonic (large bore) tenor, jazz (small bore) tenor, Eb alto, F alto, soprano, and sopranino trombones. In general, the lower-pitched the instrument, the easier pitch is to control given the larger slide movement relative to the same pitch adjustment on the larger instruments.
Trombones are a family of brass instruments characterized by their adjustable slides. Trombones actually come in a consort, including the contrabass, G bass, Bb bass, symphonic (large bore) tenor, jazz (small bore) tenor, Eb alto, F alto, soprano, and sopranino trombones. In general, the lower-pitched the instrument, the easier pitch is to control given the larger slide movement relative to the same pitch adjustment on the larger instruments.


Trombones are usually written in concert pitch, with a couple of exceptions:
Trombones are usually written in concert pitch.
* Contrabass, G bass, and Bb bass are all written in bass clef, untransposed.  
* Contrabass, G bass, and Bb bass are all written in bass clef, untransposed.  
* Tenor trombones can be written in bass clef or tenor clef untransposed, and occasionally (in British brass bands) in treble clef transposed up a major ninth.
* Tenor trombones can be written in bass clef or tenor clef untransposed, and occasionally (in British brass bands) in treble clef transposed up a major ninth.