Awesome Trombones

The DragonForce track Through the Fire and Flames is widely regarded as one of the hardest songs to play in music pattern-matching games. The insanely quick song has made its way into the PC game Trombone Champ. YouTuber DerpyChap is trying his best to master the punishing track, while Salient seems to have it down.

Musician Martyn Stroud can usually be found playing the trombone or teaching students how to play one. He recently performed the notoriously tricky Flight of the Bumblebee using nothing but a plastic watering can and the mouthpiece from one of his brass instruments, for no other reason than a little backyard fun.

After assembling 28 trombones for an epic Bohemian Rhapsody, Musician Christopher Bill managed to get 48 musicians from the International Trombone Festival to participate in this richly-layered cover of Daft Punk’s Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. This time, they tossed in a violin to complement the brass.