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<P>The <B>sackbut</B> is a <A title=Trombone
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone">trombone</A> from the <A
title="Renaissance music"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music">Renaissance</A> and <A
title="Baroque music"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music">Baroque</A> eras, i.e., a <A
title="Musical instrument"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument">musical instrument</A> in
the <A title="Brass instrument"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_instrument">brass</A> family similar to
the <A title=Trumpet href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet">trumpet</A>
except characterised by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the
length of the tube to change <A title="Pitch (music)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(music)">pitches</A>, thus allowing
them to obtain <A title="Diatonic and chromatic"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_and_chromatic">chromaticism</A>, as
well as easy and accurate <A class=mw-redirect title="Doubling (music)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubling_(music)">doubling</A> of voices.
More delicately constructed than their modern counterparts, and featuring a
softer, more flexible <A class=mw-redirect title="Timbre (music)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre_(music)">sound</A>, they attracted a
more sizeable <A title="Musical repertoire"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_repertoire">repertoire</A><SUP
style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap" class=Template-Fact>[<I><A
title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed"><SPAN
title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from February 2011">citation
needed</SPAN></A></I>]</SUP> of original <A title="Chamber music"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_music">chamber</A> and <A
title="Vocal music" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_music">vocal
music</A> than many instruments contemporary with them.</P></FONT></DIV>
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<TD><IMG
title="sackbut - a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone"
alt="sackbut - a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone"
align=right src="http://img.tfd.com/wn/F3/634CA-sackbut.png" width=135
height=73><B>sackbut</B> - a medieval musical instrument resembling a
trombone
<DIV class=Rel><A href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trombone"><FONT
color=#1d4994>trombone</FONT></A> - a brass instrument consisting of a
long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped
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