Baroque orchestras originated in France where Jean-Baptiste Lully added the newly re-designed hautbois (oboe) and transverse flutes to his orchestra, Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi ("The Twenty-Four Violins of the King"). ... In the Baroque period, the size of an orchestra was not standardised.
The typical symphony orchestra consists of four groups of related musical instruments called the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings (violin, viola, cello, and double bass).
3 (Eroica) in particular expanded our idea of what is possible in a symphony and, for that matter, in music. ... He continued to revolutionize, making the orchestra bigger (Beethoven's fifth is the first symphony to use trombones) and eventually even including voices in his titanic ninth.
Cymbals are the biggest noisemakers of the orchestra. They are two large metal discs, usually made of spun bronze. Cymbals, which are untuned, come in a range of sizes, from quite small to very large. The larger the cymbal, the lower the sound they make.
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When we think of the 'traditional' layout of an orchestra, we think of the violins directly to the left of the conductor and the violas in the centre, with the woodwind and then the percussion behind them.
The term choir has the secondary definition of a subset of an ensemble; thus one speaks of the "woodwind choir" of an orchestra, or different "choirs" of voices or instruments in a polychoral composition.
Answer: Without warming up, all the instruments will be at room temperature at the beginning of the concert. As the wind instruments are played, they fill with warm air from the player's exhalation. ... Therefore, the stringed instruments go flat.
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The piano is an entire orchestra in itself – but sometimes its sound is a part of the big symphony orchestra. ... When the musician presses a key, a small hammer strikes the string, creating the sound. This video is part of a series of playful videos on how the instruments used in a symphony orchestra function and sound.
The double bass provides a unique sound in classical music. The instrument can play much lower than anyone can sing, and it provides the foundation for the orchestra's sound. ... In an orchestra, basses are almost always way over on the right side of the stage.
Most importantly a conductor serves as a messenger for the composer. It is their responsibility to understand the music and convey it through gesture so transparently that the musicians in the orchestra understand it perfectly. Those musicians can then transmit a unified vision of the music out to the audience.