Bass Trombone

The first impression the bass trombone gives is simply that of an overgrown, perhaps tumorous, trombone. The bass trombone can sound like that, too, when it goes deep down to its lowest B flat, at the bottom of the orchestra, buzzing like nobody’s business. But the bass trombone’s secret is a velvety smooth top and an ability to swing. Close your eyes and it becomes, astonishingly, the suave Frank Sinatra of the orchestra.