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ska |
a form of Jamaican dance music that blends folk music and calypso with New Orleans rhythm and blues and is characterized by the use of saxophones and brass, a shuffling tempo, and syncopation. |
sousaphone |
a brass wind instrument of the tuba family that has a large movable bell and a tube that encircles the player's body, used esp. in marching bands. |
symphony orchestra |
a large group of instrumentalists, including string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections, that performs symphonic compositions. |
trombone |
a brass wind instrument consisting of a long tube bent in two parallel loops ending in a bell, that is played by means of valves or by a slide that shortens or lengthens the tube to produce different tones. |
trumpet |
a brass wind instrument with three valves atop a looped tube that ends in a flared bell, which produces bright, strong, often piercing tones. [1/9 definitions] |
tuba |
one of a family of large, oval, brass wind instruments that produce notes in the bass range. |
verdigris |
a greenish or bluish patina of copper sulfate or copper chloride that forms on surfaces of copper, brass, or bronze as they are exposed to air or water. [1/2 definitions] |
warming pan |
a long-handled pan, usu. of brass, made to be filled with coals or hot water, covered, and passed between the sheets of a bed to warm them. |
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