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trombas marina

trombas marina is the plural of tromba marina.

Meaning of tromba marina

Noun

tromba marina (plural trombas marina)

  1. A Middle Ages European string instrument with a long, slender and triangular-shaped body, featuring one main string and sometimes additional sympathetic strings, known for an extremely loud sound making it useful for signalling between ships, and for a distinctive ethereal tone (harmonic overtones) created by the player fingering the string at precise intervals below the point where the string is to be bowed, rather than above as most similar instruments.

Questions about trombas marina

What is trombas marina the plural of?
Trombas marina is the plural of tromba marina.

Words near trombas marina in the dictionary

  1. Tromans
  2. tromantadine
  3. tromba marina
  4. tromba marinist
  5. tromba marinists
  6. trombas marina
  7. trombe
  8. Trombe wall
  9. Trombe walls
  10. trombenick
  11. trombenicks

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