The harp is different from the other stringed instruments. It's tall, about six feet, shaped a little like the number 7, and has 47 strings of varying lengths, which are tuned to the notes of the white keys of the piano. There are usually one or two harps in an orchestra and they play both melody and harmony.
Answer: The guitar is not found in an orchestra because the sound doesn't blend well with the rest of the instruments, also it is just a tradition that it isn't found in an orchestra.
The first violas emerged in Italy around the turn of the 16th century as experimental instruments combining the virtues of previous instruments that were played with a bow. The most important was the viola da braccio, which means "viola played in the arm."
In London, you can get a competent 40 person orchestra to play at a private function for 2 hours for £8000 ($12,000), or £200 ($300) per person in the orchestra. They will play what they know. Think of that as a short half-day of work. If you want them to spend time rehearsing or travelling, add extra time and cost.
Gamelan Orchestra. Gamelan, the term for a traditional musical ensemble in Indonesia, typically refers to a percussion orchestra composed predominantly of tuned gongs of various types and metal-keyed instruments.
The concertmaster (from the German Konzertmeister) is the second-most significant person in an orchestra after the conductor. In an orchestra, the concertmaster is the leader of the first violin section.
1907The Blüthner Orchestra was a German symphony orchestra based in Berlin. Founded in 1907, it operated until 1925 when it was absorbed into the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra specialised in engaging young players.
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
Short answer: there are four to eight double basses in an orchestra, who almost always all play the same line, occasionally splitting in two. It varies a lot; something between 1 and 10 is usual. A fairly standard symphony orchestra is about 10–10–8–8–4, that's 1st and 2nd violins, violas, celli, basses.
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Woodwind choir. A woodwind choir, also called woodwind orchestra, or woodwind ensemble is a performing ensemble consisting exclusively of members of the woodwind family of instruments. It typically includes flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons and saxophones, all of varying sizes.
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At its most basic, an orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. ... A full-size orchestra (eighty to one hundred musicians or more) may be called a symphony orchestra.
A symphony orchestra, performing in a concert hall, virtually never use any sound reinforcement. Everything they play is completely acoustic.
The Concert orchestra is a preparatory group that works on building a musical foundation through classical pieces that are arranged for younger musicians. The Symphony Orchestra is a more advanced group that focuses on performing original classical repertoire at a professional level.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra was formed in 1996 by Paul O'Neill who immediately approached long time friends and collaborators Robert Kinkel and Jon Oliva to form a core writing team. Paul O'Neill is a rare talent; a prolific writer and producer with a tremendously varied career in the music industry.
Tubular bells, also called orchestral bells or orchestral chimes, series of tuned brass (originally bronze) tubes of graded length, struck with wooden hammers to produce a sound.
Lyrical and singable. What developed as a result of larger orchestras in the nineteenth century? the conductor as a central figure.
According to a 2004 article in the Guardian, "black conductors are rare in the classical music world and even in symphony orchestras it is unusual to see more than one or two black musicians." Canadian-born black conductor Kwamé Ryan, who studied music at Cambridge University and in Germany, made his professional ...
Simultaneously the most skilled and knowledgeable violinist of the orchestra while also the chief intermediary between the musicians and the conductor, the concertmaster is responsible for dictating bowings to the first violin section; playing solo passages in the absence of a guest soloist; understanding the ...