Look out guitar heroes. 'Trombone Champ' is taking over the Internet

Warbling notes, multiple unexplained references to baboons, and loading screens explaining that 'two to four spiders – on average – live inside a trombone' keep the entertainment factor high.— Screengrab from YouTube

The trombone has gone viral. Trombone Champ, the self-proclaimed world’s first trombone-based rhythm music game, has racked up tens of millions of video views on social media since it launched last week.

With a similar game design to Guitar Hero, players command a virtual trombone with their computer mouse in an attempt to follow the melody of classical music like Mozart’s Eine Kleine, Strauss’s Blue Danube Waltz and the US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, with predictable results.