English Dictionary

jug band

名詞

(music) Especially in the US, a group of rustic musicians, specializing in bluegrass or folk music, whose instruments include empty jugs, bottles, and similar containers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across the openings at the tops of their necks.

日本語の意味

特に米国で見られる、ブルーグラスやフォーク音楽を中心に演奏する素朴なミュージシャンの集団。彼らは、空のジャグ（水差し）、瓶など、口で吹いて音を出すことができる様々な容器を楽器として用いる。

The jug band played beneath the oak tree, their improvised instruments filling the square with a ragged, cheerful sound.

空き瓶や空き壺を吹いて演奏する田舎風の音楽グループはオークの木の下で演奏し、即席の楽器が広場に荒々しくも陽気な音を満たした。

意味（1）

(music) Especially in the US, a group of rustic musicians, specializing in bluegrass or folk music, whose instruments include empty jugs, bottles, and similar containers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across the openings at the tops of their necks.

Not only do they sing but they broadcast tunes from their jug band, consisting of a gallon jug, as washboard and a skillet, a fiddle and a guitar.

jug bands （ plural ）