So,if we get down to brass tacks, we can prevent ripoffs and bogus ways of earning money in that jungle out there.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

The horn obviously is a brass instrument and what makes the sound is a vibrating column of air.

显而易见的,圆号是个铜管乐器,它通过震动空气柱来发出声音

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Then a brass instrument enters and what is the name of this brass instrument?

然后一个铜管乐器出现了,那么这个铜管乐器是什么

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When they have removed all the dirt, they are down to the brass tacks, the copper pieces that hold the boat together.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

Now the instrument is--that is--playing is a low tuba, a low brass instrument.

现在在演奏的乐器,是低音号,一种低音铜管乐器

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To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

So, it's the brass he's going to bring in at this point.

那么,这时候该铜管进入了

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"The music here is more complicated and harder, but I think it's partly because it's also with woodwinds and brass, basically with a band.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

Okay. So obviously we've now seen a little bit of the brass family and the woodwind family, and the other principal section of the orchestra would obviously be the string family.

好,很明显,我们刚接触了一些铜管乐器,和木管乐器,而管弦乐队另一个最主要的部分,显而易见,是弦乐器

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Other expressions that mean boss or employer have nothing to do with brass or hats.

VOA: special.2011.05.08

So the brass instrument is the--is a--trumpet.

那么铜管乐器是小号

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"Jazzy Brass for the Holidays" is the latest recording by jazz trumpet player Eddie Allen.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

The brass and sometimes percussion.

是铜管乐器,有时是打击乐器

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He also leads the four-member brass band, drummer and bass player.

VOA: special.2009.12.25

Let It Snow!" from "Jazzy Brass for the Holidays."

VOA: special.2009.12.25

Beyond the main stage, Cajun,brass bands,gospel,country, blues and folk, with a continuous offering of traditional and contemporary jazz and world music.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26