What is Brass band?
[[File:Banks Brass Band.jpg|right|thumb|A small brass band]] A '''brass band''' is a [[musical group]] that is made up of only [[brass instrument]]s (such as the [[trumpet]], [[tuba]], and [[trombone]]) and a [[percussion|drum]] section.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brass%20band|title=WordNet Search|publisher=[[Princeton University]]|access-date=2010-01-02}}</ref> There are several different types of brass bands. One of the more popular types of brass band is the [[England|British]] brass band. A British brass band usually has 25 or 26 players that play: [[cornet]]s, [[Flugelhorn|flugelhorns]], [[tenor]] [[Horn (instrument)|horns]], [[euphonium]]s, tenor [[trombone]], bass trombone and [[tuba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newenglandbrassband.org/html/instrumentation.html|title=NewEnglandBrassBand.org Instrumentation|access-date=2010-01-02|archive-date=2009-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127163925/http://www.newenglandbrassband.org/html/instrumentation.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[Marching band]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.4barsrest.com 4barsrest]- Up to date news and articles on the brass band scene *[http://www.ibew.co.uk IBEW]- The complete information resource for brass bands worldwide *[http://www.britishbandsman.com British Bandsman magazine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127190614/http://www.britishbandsman.com/ |date=2021-01-27 }} *[http://BrassBand.co.uk BrassBand.co.uk]-Brass Band Sheet Music Search Engine {{music-stub}} [[Category:Musical groups]] [[Category:Brass instruments]]