What does a orchestral musician do?

Orchestration is hard to teach. ... The inadequacy of poor, but playable, orchestration only shows itself over fairly long spans or in repeated listening. Grayness or heaviness of texture fatigues the ear, and the structure and character of the work are unvaried and undifferentiated.

Flom signed a multialbum deal in January 1996, giving the project a different name but using Savatage's musicians. Mr. O'Neill called the act “Trans-Siberian Orchestra,” after the railroad in Siberia, a symbol of hope in a harsh, unforgiving place, he says.

The brass instruments that are sometimes, but very rarely, used in the concert band: Flugelhorn. Tenor (alto) Horn. Piccolo trumpet.

A “band” includes brass, percussion, and woodwinds along with flutes, clarinets, and trumpets. An “orchestra” is composed of different string instruments like violins, basses, and violas.

The concertmaster sits to the conductor's left, closest to the audience, in what is called the "first chair," "first [music] stand" or outside of the US "first desk." The concertmaster makes decisions regarding bowing and other technical details of violin playing for the violins, and sometimes all of the string players ...

You may be surprised that the saxophone is not here. This is the one instrument that is always found in bands and wind ensembles, but only very rarely plays in the orchestra. Although flutes may be made of wood, the orchestral flute is usually made of metal. It also does not have a reed.

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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.

Major orchestra salaries range by the orchestra from a little over $100,000 to a little over $150,000. Principals, the ranking member of each orchestra section, can make a great deal more, in some instances more than $400,000. And most major orchestras play for a season lasting only about nine- months a year.

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In symphony orchestras there are two sections of violins. The first violin section is always on the conductor's left. Seating of second violins may vary in accordance with the conductor's wishes. They may sit next to the first violins and next to the violas or be placed directly opposite the first violins.

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Each one lasts two and a half hours, and factoring in the union break of ten minutes per hour, that gives 125 minutes of actual rehearsal time times 5 rehearsals, or 625 minutes of rehearsal for a program that lasts about 120 minutes (without breaks).

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In Western music, a steady sound can be referred to as a musical tone. The tone is characterized most frequently by its pitch, such as "A" or "C," but it also includes timbre (the quality of the sound), duration, and even intensity (the dynamic of the sound).

A symphony is a large-scale musical composition, usually with three or four movements. An orchestra is a group of musicians with a variety of instruments, which usually includes the violin family.

Classical music has a lighter, clearer texture than Baroque music and is less complex. It is mainly homophonic, using a clear melody line over a subordinate chordal accompaniment, but counterpoint was by no means forgotten, especially later in the period.

The percussion family has the most members, with new instruments being added all of the time.

The cello is the tenor voice in the string section. It can play an octave lower than the viola and, as with the other Strings, the cello section sits two to a desk. There are usually between eight and twelve cellos in a symphony orchestra.

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