Trombone

You want to be in the big parade.  Grab a trombone.

Trombone is the flashiest instrument in the band, with its long expanding slide and bright-brass bell.  It's the instrument we often picture when thinking of marching bands and parades. 

The trombone has an open, resonant tone, which can both blend well with horns and keep pace with the trumpets.  It has the broadest range of any orchestral instrument and is used in all types of music from powerful classical choruses and chorales to marches, R&B, and rock.

Trombone is played with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and a U-shaped “slide.”  The player moves the slide in and out to make the different notes.

Although many trombone players are boys, girls also choose it and make fine trombonists.  It's not a difficult instrument to play.

 Here's an example of trombone music: