Brass band

A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section. Ensembles that include brass and woodwind instruments can in certain traditions also be termed brass bands (particularly in the context of New Orleans and Japan–style brass bands), but may be more correctly termed military bands, concert bands, or "brass and reed" bands. Balkan Brass Band Balkan-style Brass Bands (Труба, trumpet) play a distinctive style of music originating in 19th century Balkans. The music's tradition stems from the First Serbian Uprising led by Karađorđe in 1804 when Serbs revolted against the occupying Ottoman Empire, eventually liberating Serbia. The trumpet was used as a military instrument to wake and gather soldiers and announce battles, the trumpet took on the role of entertainment during downtime, as soldiers used it to transpose popular folk songs. is popular throughout the Balkans, especially Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria and Northern Greece. The tempos are usually fast and accompanied by kolo. The performers each have their instrument of the orchestra and are called trubači (трубачи). The best known examples of acclaimed music in this style are from Goran Bregović and Boban Marković Orkestar. The Serbian film maker Emir Kusturica has, through his films (Black Cat, White Cat), made the style popular in the international community outside the Balkans. Brass band (British style) A brass band in the British tradition with a full complement of 28 players (including percussion) consists of: 1 Soprano cornet in E 9 Cornets in B (in separate parts for 'solo', 'repiano', 2nd and 3rd cornets; there are 4 players on the 'solo' part, one repiano, two 2nd, and two 3rd) 1 Flugel horn in B (notated on the same part as the 'repiano' in some older music) 3 Tenor horns in E (called solo, 1st and 2nd) 2 Baritone horns in B (each with separate parts) 2 Tenor trombones (notated in B, playing separate parts) 1 Bass trombone (the only brass instrument in the band notated in Concert Pitch (C) on bass clef) 2 Euphoniums in B (usually playing the same part with divisi sections) 4 Tubas (2 in E and 2 in B, both notated in treble clef; often called Basses) 2 or 3 percussion players (with 2 or more timpani, glockenspiel, snare drum, triangle, cymbals, a drum kit and more) File:sopranocornet.