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A group that plays popular music or military music is usually called a band; a drum and bugle corps is a type of the latter. These bands perform a wide range of music, ranging from arrangements of jazz orchestral, or popular music to military-style marches. Drum corps perform on brass and percussion instruments only.
The band's music consists of remixes of tunes from famous Commodore 64 games. Procol Harum – From the pedigree name of a Siamese cat that belonged to a friend of Guy Stevens, the band's manager. [267] The name was Procul Harum, which is Latin for "beyond these things", but was written down incorrectly by Keith Reid. [268]
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. Some types of musical bands are: Some types of musical bands are: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In the 1960s, a British group called Mungo Jerry brought jug band music to the masses with their hit single “In the Summertime.” The name came from T. S. Eliot’s 1939 collection “Old ...
Camerata (music) Charanga (Spain) Choir; Clarinet trio; Clarinet–cello–piano trio; Clarinet–viola–piano trio; Clarinet–violin–piano trio; Co-ed group; Community band; Concert band; Conductorless orchestra; Corps of drums; Cover band
A musician who plays any instrument with a keyboard. In Classical music, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, pipe organ, harpsichord, and so on. In a jazz or popular music context, this may refer to instruments such as the piano, electric piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, and so on. Klangfarbenmelodie (Ger.)
Many notable bands originally went by different names before becoming successful. [1] This list of original names of bands lists former official band names, some of them are significantly different from the eventual current names. This list does not include former band names that have only minor differences, such as stylisation changes, with ...
A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, [1] is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments, [2] and occasionally including the harp, double bass, or bass guitar.