brass instrument

American  

noun

1. a musical wind instrument of brass or other metal with a cup-shaped mouthpiece, as the trombone, tuba, French horn, trumpet, or cornet.

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Etymology

Origin of brass instrument

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The only other objects in the room are four long microphones pointed at the sculpture, which produce sonic feedback from the brass instrument, soft, sustained and sublime.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

"Pupils taking a practical music assessment for GCSE, AS and A-level qualifications that requires singing or the playing of a woodwind or brass instrument will now be permitted to do so indoors," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2021

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

Singers and people who play wind and brass instrument use their lungs to make that connection, and the new virus attacks the lungs.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2020

Figure 4.42: These harmonic series are for a brass instrument that has a 11C11 fundamental when no valves are being used — for example, a C trumpet.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones