Collective Nouns for Brass Band Instrumentalists


Conductors - deity
Sopranos - lonely, squeal
Cornets - shrill, host
Backrow - cornets chatter
Flugels - half-breed
Horns - dog, heaven, offbeat
Baritones - pointless
Euphoniums - rubato
Trombones - gigless, dustbin, parp, rasp
Basses - waste, pride, pitchless, pretence, murder, barrage, chunter, rumble, herd
Percussionists - persecution, psychosis, concussion, shedbuilder
Adjudicators - deafness
Composers - programme
Audience - absence