brass instrument
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of brass instrument
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Posts this week include praise for the £2 coin design; before and after pictures of brass instrument repair; and how long it takes to fill a water bottle.
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
Unfortunately, he hated it, and said he wanted to throw every brass instrument in the world – presumably with the exception of his signature honking sax – off a cliff.
From The Guardian • May 9, 2020
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
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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