Recognize 'sackbut' refers to periods focused on artistic style and sophistication in music, not modern genres. Baroque compositions often featured a sackbut section.
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Instrumental Vocabulary
Understand that 'sackbut' highlights historical knowledge of music in spoken or written form. The music historian mentioned the sackbut when discussing medieval instruments.
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Historical Context
Use 'sackbut' when talking about old music, not when discussing contemporary orchestras. He played a faithful replica of a 16th-century sackbut.