A sackbut (also sacbut, sackbutt, sagbut, shagbolt, or shakbusshe) is a brass musical instrument, an ancestor of the modern trombone, similar to a slide trumpet.
One ancestor is an instrument called the serpent.
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The trombone was invented in the late 15th century by Flemish instrument makers in Burgundy, a region of modern-day France. It was constructed as an improved version of the slide trumpet.
That would be the sackbut.
The ancestor of the trombone was called a sackbut.
A sackbut (also sacbut, sackbutt, sagbut, shagbolt, or shakbusshe) is a brass musical instrument, an ancestor of the modern trombone, similar to a slide trumpet.
One ancestor is an instrument called the serpent.
The main ancestor is the sackbut, a medieval version of the trombone which is smaller and has a smaller bell
A trombone
The early ancestor closest to modern man in intellectual ability was the
the Trombone was invented in Burgundy, a region of what is now known as modern day France
The sackbut
The trombone originated as a tenor trumpet, to which a slide was added in medieval times to give the "sackbut" or "sagbutt". The earliest surviving sackbuts are roughly 15th century. In more modern times, the lather bracing of the sackbut was replaced with metal struts and the bore and bell widened to give the modern trombone.
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