[Menvi-discuss] Renaissance music test!

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This from Wikipedia:
 
 
The sackbut is a _trombone_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone)  from 
the _Renaissance_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_music)  and 
_Baroque_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music)  eras, i.e., a _musical 
instrument_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_instrument)  in  the _brass_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_instrument)  family similar to  the 
_trumpet_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet)   except characterised by a 
telescopic slide with which the player varies the  length of the tube to 
change _pitches_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(music)) , thus allowing  
them to obtain _chromaticism_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_and_chromatic) , as  well as easy and accurate _doubling_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubling_(music))  of voices.  More delicately constructed than their 
modern counterparts, and featuring a  softer, more flexible _sound_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre_(music)) , they attracted a  more sizeable 
_repertoire_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_repertoire) [_citation  needed_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed) ] of original 
_chamber_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_music)  and _vocal  music_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_music)  than many instruments contemporary 
with them.
 
This from Free Online Dictionary:
 
    Noun 1. sackbut - a medieval musical instrument resembling a  trombone  
_trombone_ (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/trombone)  - a brass 
instrument consisting of a  long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped  slide
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