Describe the major sections of the orchestra?

Community orchestras—ensembles of musicians who are not paid to play—are an important part of this community music-making ecosystem in the U. S. These are small-budget organizations with free or low-cost performances, whose members come from different professions, educational backgrounds, ages, and political and ...

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His vocalist is the South African Harry Jacobson, the pianist with the Savoy Orpheans from the autumn of 1931 to the spring of 1932 who was subsequently heard on keyboard on virtually all of Ray Noble's British recordings.

4 Instrument Families

I think the school orchestra is a great learning experience which helps give students fantastic opportunities to both perform and practice as a group, instead of on your own. It allows you to be aware of your own faults as well as what you can do to help make your school orchestra better.

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The Sections of the Orchestra. The typical orchestra is divided into four groups of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

Saxophones come in many shapes and sizes from tiny high pitched sopranino saxes to massive contrabass instruments which can be almost two metres tall. The saxophone is a wind instrument with a reed and the body is made of brass, and so it forms a bridge between the woodwind and brass sections of the orchestra.

Saxophonist Jess Gillam explains. The saxophone can be as beautifully melodic as a violin or a clarinet – but the classical music world hasn't always seen eye to eye with the instrument.

Violins are well-suited to playing melody, making them one of the most important instruments in the orchestra. Firstly, they are the highest string instrument, so their bright tone rises above the rest of the string section. Secondly, they are played with a bow, unlike woodwind or brass instrument which rely on air.

Since the 1970s many baroque orchestras have been formed across Europe, as well as some in North America.

The brass family members that are most commonly used in the orchestra include the trumpet, French horn, trombone, and the tuba.

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What makes them sound so good is the fact that they did play a more developed form of rock music if you will. They included also entire orchestras in their recordings to create a more vibrant sound. On top of that their singing was neither harsh or otherwise unpleasant.

The viola is also called bratsch – a loved one has many names. It is an instrument that often is heard in the middle of the orchestra's sound: below the melody, but above the base. As the most delicious filling in a cake!

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An orchestra is a large group of musicians which can include even 100 or more members. A band is a small group of musicians which generally includes a lesser number of members than orchestras. Orchestras use four main families of instruments – strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.

The accordion that originated as a folk instrument is really so much more than that. It has evolved from a folk instrument and is now seen in a wide range of settings such as education, film, orchestras and symphonies.