Compare a sackbut to a shawm. What is MOST likely to be different between these two instruments?

A sackbut is an early form of the trombone, a brass instrument played with a slide. A shawm is a loud, double-reed woodwind instrument. Therefore, the key difference is that the sackbut is a type of trombone while the shawm is a reed instrument.

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