Sackbut Sackbut A sackbut is a type of trombone from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, characterised by a telescopic slide that is used to vary the length of the tube to change pitch. Unlike the earlier slide trumpet from which it evolved, the sackbut possesses a U-shaped slide, with two parallel sliding tubes, which allows for playing scales in a lower range. Records of the term "trombone" predates the term "sackbut" by two decades, and evidence for the German term "Posaune" is even older. "Sackbut", originally a French term, was used in England until the instrument fell into disuse in the
Dizi (instrument) Dizi (instrument) The dizi (, pronounced ), is a Chinese transverse flute. It is also sometimes known as the "di" () or "héngdi" (), and has varieties including the "qǔdi" () and "bāngdi" (). These names are likely to have multiple spellings, too, depending on the transliteration used to convert from Chinese names. Nonetheless, "dizi" seems to be the most common name (and written form) used in the West. The "dizi" is a major Chinese musical instrument, and is widely used in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as Chinese opera, and the modern Chinese orchestra. Traditionally, the