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Trombone vs Bassoon - What's the difference?

trombone | bassoon |

As nouns the difference between trombone and bassoon

is that trombone is trombone while bassoon is a musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

As a verb bassoon is

to play the.

trombone

English

(wikipedia trombone)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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?? (contra B?).
    • Jim plays the trombone very well.
    This trombone is very expensive.
  • The common European bittern.

    • Derived terms

    * alto trombone * tenor trombone * bass trombone * slide trombone * valve trombone * tromboning * trombonist ----

    bassoon

    English

    (wikipedia bassoon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A musical instrument in the woodwind family, having a double reed and playing in the tenor and bass ranges.

    • Derived terms

    * bassoonist * contrabassoon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To play the .
  • To make a bassoon-like sound.