bands and ensembles

• Brass band


  A band containing brass instruments and percussion
• Steel band


  A West Indian band containing instruments made out of oil drums. Each drum is hammered into panels to make different pitches
• Scottish dance band


  A band containing fiddle, accordion, piano and drums
• Wind band


  A band containing woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. Usually intended for performance in a concert hall
• Folk group


  A group of instrumentalists and singers performing songs from a particular country