Is an accordion in an orchestra?

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.

Gamelan, also spelled gamelang or gamelin, the indigenous orchestra type of the islands of Java and Bali, in Indonesia, consisting largely of several varieties of gongs and various sets of tuned metal instruments that are struck with mallets.

There are more violins in the orchestra than any other instrument (there can be up to 30!) and they are divided into two groups: first and second. First violins often play the melody, while second violins alternate between melody and harmony.

The Big Five orchestras of the United States are the five symphony orchestras that led the field in "musical excellence, calibre of musicianship, total contract weeks, weekly basic wages, recording guarantees, and paid vacations" when the term gained currency in the late 1950s and for some years afterwards.

Orchestras play a wide range of repertoire, including symphonies, opera and ballet overtures, concertos for solo instruments, and as pit ensembles for operas, ballets, and some types of musical theatre (e.g., Gilbert and Sullivan operettas).

In the context of theater music, a pit orchestra could have as few as maybe four or five players. A Baroque orchestra might have as few as eight to ten musicians, or as many as several dozen.

There are usually four clarinets in an orchestra.

The State Foundation for the National System of Youth and Infant Orchestras of Venezuela (FESNOJIV), also known as The System, is a social work by the Venezuelan State founded by Maestro José Antonio Abreu for the systematisation of the instruction and collective practice of music through the symphonic orchestra and ...

The group was initially called Elmer Snowden and his Black Sox Orchestra and had seven members, including trumpeter James "Bubber" Miley. They renamed themselves The Washingtonians. Snowden left the group in early 1924, and Ellington took over as bandleader.

Orchestra Chairs The most skilled musician sits in the first chair of each section and plays any solo parts for that instrument. The next most skilled player would sit in the second chair and the least skilled musician would sit in the last chair of his or her section.

The guy with the stick is called a conducter and he is very important. He keeps time acting as a sort of metronome for everyone and he also indicates dynamics and such to different sections of the orchestra. Without him the orchestra wouldn't play nearly as well together.

Jaap van Zweden
Biography. Jaap van Zweden began his tenure as the 26th Music Director of the New York Philharmonic in September 2018.

Playing in an orchestra is very demanding physically and mentally. Are you currently in good health and capable of holding your instrument for three hours or more at a time, seven or eight times a week, 30 to 44 weeks a year (this is the life of an orchestral string player)?

The path to obtaining a job in an orchestra is somewhat straightforward. ... It is true that some undergraduates can go straight into an orchestral position, but it is rare. Secondly, study with a teacher who either has experience playing in an orchestra OR has had students get placed in an orchestra.

The Chinese orchestra has four sections: bowed string, plucked string, wind, and percussion. ... The plucked string section is unique to Chinese orchestra and includes instruments such as the pipa, yangqin, and guzheng.

Traditional Chinese musical instruments were classified into eight groups (bayin) according to their materials: gourd, earthenware, hide, wood, stone, bronze, silk and bamboo. It is said that there were more than 70 different musical instruments, but many of them have been lost or are obsolete today.