Talk:band sectional

RFD discussion: April 2019–April 2020
Most of the usage I am seeing for this term is in the form of "band sectional rehearsals", "band sectional practices", etc. or even "sectional rehearsals/practices". This indicates to me that this isn't a set phrase, and is just a common usage of the term "sectional" as used by bands. - TheDaveRoss  12:59, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I can think of two competing origin theories. (1) The noun sense of in the sense of a practice session came first, and then was compounded with the adjunct noun  to form the compound noun . (2) The noun sense of  came first, and gave rise to the shortening . If theory (1) is correct, I think we can agree that  is a sum of parts. But if theory (2) is correct, it is an original formation.  --Lambiam 14:23, 5 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Deleted - TheDaveRoss  13:08, 1 April 2020 (UTC)