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Definition of Brass section
1. Noun. The section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments.
Generic synonyms: Section
Specialized synonyms: Trumpet Section
Derivative terms: Brassy
Definition of Brass section
1. Noun. The part of an orchestra formed by brass instruments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Brass section
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Private Instructor, Or Mathematics Simplified: Comprising Every Thing by Jason M. Mahan (1839)
"... a standard gallon and bushel, to conform. to the provision of section second
of this act: the material of said standard to be of cast brass. Section 6. ..."
2. Nonfiction Reading Practice, Grade 6 by Ellen Linnihan (2003)
"They both have a brass section. In the corps, the brass section consists of
different sized bugles. The size of the bugle corresponds to the range of notes ..."
3. Wireless Telegraphy and High Frequency Electricity: A Manual Containing by Harry La Verne Twining, William Dubilier (1909)
"Solder one of these terminals to the brass section on one side, and the other
terminal to the brass section on the other side. The coils are thus joined in ..."
4. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch by Onkelos, J W Etheridge, Jonathan b. Uzziel, Pentateuch Aram (1862)
"All the vessels of the tabernacle, and all its service, and all its utensils,
and all the pins of the court shall be of brass. SECTION XX. ..."
5. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"... are the core of the brass section, and are the chief element in the brass
band, ie, the band without reed or wood-wind instruments. ..."
6. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1888)
"10, the brass section, has time appearance of being composed entirely of broken
lines, but in reality it is made up of alternate full and broken lines. ..."
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