Trombone Champ is an extremely good trombone rhythm game

destructoid.com:

You’ve probably noticed Trombone Champ popping up all over your social media feeds over the last couple days or so. It is instantly recognizable as exactly what it is: a rhythm game about playing the trombone. The simplicity belies the point, though. Trombone Champ is a trombone rhythm game, and an exceedingly good one too.

At this point, I’d go into some sort of recitation of how Trombone Champ sets this all up. Maybe how it handles, or what buttons it uses to do the things it does. The mouse moves a cursor up and down in inverted fashion, and your mouse click or any keyboard button is held to play notes.

Yet much like Untitled Goose Game or Snipperclips, this is the sort of experience you can just “get” by looking at it. It’s probably why the game has been circulating so fast through videos. I first saw this game on Giant Bomb’s Unprofessional Fridays segment, and again when PC Gamer’s lovely rendition of Beethoven’s Fifth hit Twitter.

The world's first trombone rhythm game is instantly a GOTY contender. And no, I'm not kidding. Turn up the volume and hear Beethoven like you've never heard it before. https://t.co/Qu7Cmkhjzc pic.twitter.com/jTXNdWx3Zm

— PC Gamer (@pcgamer) September 20, 2022

Booting it up myself, I was also amazed at how quick it all felt natural. Part of this is the easy control scheme. Trombone Champ starts you off easy, literally taking you through a few scales.

Now, full disclosure, I have partaken in some education in the ways of the trombone. I wouldn’t say I’m any kind of virtuoso, but it’s an instrument I’ve always enjoyed for a myriad of reasons. Reasons that, oddly enough, feel very well-reflected here.

The trombone gets its goofy, glissando nature from the fact that it’s basically one big