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"sackbut" has 2 syllables: sackb-ut. It rhymes with hackbut, if that helps it stick.
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"Sackbut" has 2 syllables: sackb · ut.
Sackbut: A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
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