"brass band" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brass bands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brass band (plural brass bands)
  1. (music) A group of musicians who play brass instruments (sometimes accompanied by percussion) Wikipedia link: brass band Categories (topical): Collectives, Music, Musicians Related terms: silver band Translations (group of musicians who play brass instruments): xaranga [feminine] (Catalan), banda de metalls [feminine] (Catalan), 銅管樂隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 铜管乐队 (tóngguǎn yuèduì) (Chinese Mandarin), puhkpilliorkester (Estonian), puhallinorkesteri (Finnish), torvisoittokunta (Finnish), fanfare [feminine] (French), Blaskapelle [feminine] (German), Blasmusikkapelle [feminine] (German), Blasmusikorchester [neuter] (German), rezesbanda (Hungarian), banna práis [masculine] (Irish), fanfara [feminine] (Italian), ブラスバンド (burasubando) (Japanese), orkiestra dęta [feminine] (Polish), fanfară [feminine] (Romanian), orchestră de alămuri (Romanian), духово́й орке́стр (duxovój orkéstr) [masculine] (Russian), brassband [neuter] (Swedish), bleckblåsorkester [common-gender] (Swedish)

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