trombone

brass musical instrument with a slide
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trombone

Summary

trombone is a type of musical instrument[1]. trombone ranks in the top 7% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,430 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • trombone received the Instrument of the Year[3].
  • trombone's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4].
  • trombone is a type of labrosone with slides[5].
  • trombone's Commons category is recorded as Trombones[6].
  • trombone's Unicode character is recorded as 🪊[7].
  • trombone comprises slide[8].
  • trombone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Trombones[9].
  • trombone's Commons gallery is recorded as Trombone[10].
  • trombone's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[11].
  • trombone's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • trombone's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[13].
  • trombone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • trombone's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • trombone's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • trombone's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • trombone's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://music.stackexchange.com/tags/trombone[18].
  • trombone's used by is recorded as trombonist[19].
  • trombone's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 423.22[20].
  • trombone's different from is recorded as Tomasz Puzon[21].
  • trombone's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].

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Definition and Type

trombone's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[4]. trombone is a type of labrosone with slides[5].

Use and Application

trombone comprises slide[8]. trombone's used by is recorded as trombonist[19].

Recognition

trombone received the Instrument of the Year[3].

Influence

Things named for trombone include rusty trombone[23], a sex position[24].

Why It Matters

trombone ranks in the top 7% of type_of_musical_instrument entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,430 views/month).[2] trombone has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] trombone is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for trombone include rusty trombone[23], a sex position[24].

FAQs

What awards did trombone receive?

Honors received include Instrument of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . 2011.instrument-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . 2011.instrument-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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