rhythm band

American  

noun

1. a collection of simple percussion instruments used especially with piano accompaniment to teach musical rhythm.

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Etymology

Origin of rhythm band

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

A rhythm band will play onstage and a 37-piece orchestra will perform behind a giant LED screen that will create the illusion that the musicians are hovering in the sky above the action.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2025

Two backup singing groups, a rhythm band, a full orchestra plus the indefatigable Elvis - “the star,” writes Zoglin, “was now his own spectacle.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 22, 2019

Amid vendors housed in theatrical building shells, stages held acts such as the banjo, fiddle, accordion and rhythm band Terra Celta, which propelled line-dancing young women to do Irish jigs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2015

This year Cathy was to sing in a girls' chorus and Jerry, one of a rhythm band, was to shake bells during the playing of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa.

From Jerry's Charge Account by Geer, Charles