brass instrument
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brass instrument
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024
More often than not, those first few years of the series presented the kind of music built on guitar, piano, violin, brass instrument or some combination.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2021
Geraldine S. Jackson, a brass instrument major in college and a former D.C.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2019
Playing any brass instrument nonstop for this long is physically taxing; what Mr. Evans did seemed outright dangerous.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2015
A brass instrument could play only the notes of one harmonic series.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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