brass player

collocation in English

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brass
adjective[before noun]
uk
/brɑːs/us
/bræs/
(of a musical instrument) made of metal and played ...
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player
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpleɪ.ər/us
/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
someone who takes part in a game ...
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They added the new influences of jazz-rock, blues, soul and funk to their style and the four-piece band became an eight-piece with brass players.
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It is run by an all-volunteer board that includes some of the finest brass players on the scene.
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For example flattening the brass players' trumpets because one of them made a comment about his lunchbox smelling.
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The festival presented over 200 free public concerts and conducted workshops and seminars for students and professional brass players.
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It then shows the band, along with some extra brass players, performing in front of a giant screen.
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He got on to his network to get up a team of brass players from ex pupils and acquaintances.
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He took an active part in music in the university as a keyboard andbrassplayer.
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Jazz euphoniums are most likely to be found in tuba-euphonium groups, though modern funk or rock bands occasionally feature abrassplayerdoubling on euphonium, and this trend is growing.
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It is like eavesdropping on a hushed conversation between brass players, and rather gives the lie to a devil-may-care attitude.
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Another method is referred to as lip multiphonics, in which abrassplayeralters the airflow to blow between partials, in the harmonic series of the slide position/valve.
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Brass players practice "lip slurs", which are unarticulated changes in embouchure between partials.
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Originates from the physical changes that occur in a brass player's mouth and lips.
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Double-tonguing is an articulation primarily used by brass players, however, the use of double-tonguing by woodwind players is becoming more common.
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The woodwind and brass players have had some turnover over the years.
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All brass players and drummers except contrabass/tuba players and bass drummers wear the star on the left breast.
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His brass players were right on the money, just amazing.
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In the first three festivals only men's choirs and brass orchestras participated. 822 singers and 56 brass players participated in the first festival.
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Incomplete personnel on the album liner notes do not specify the prominent brass players.
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The woodwind and brass players are not entirely visible.
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Tutti wind and brass players generally play a unique but non-solo part.
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Most brass players at some time experience lip swelling (or stiff lips).
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