I have just finished updating the below entry from the Trombone History Timeline (17th century—first half). This is fairly well-known music to modern brass quintet players; modern arrangements generally give the 2 cornet parts to trumpets, the alto sackbut part…
sackbut performance
How Do You Hold This Thing? Trombone Grip in Iconography
Added another article to HubPages, How to Hold a Sackbut: The Grip of the Trombone in Pictures. The way the early trombone was held has performance implications, including where first position was, what key the instrument was in, etc. Check out the…