If there's a full complement of winds, brass, and percussion, it's probably Romantic or later. If there's a strong bass line that's a melody in its own right, and not just a lot of repeated notes, it's probably baroque. If there are full winds but just French horns in an orchestra, that's probably classical.
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.
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On Sunday morning, with no change in Ruud's condition, André and members of the orchestra agreed to call off the rest of the tour. Ruud and his wife Alina Lin Jong are long-standing, popular members of the ensemble.
Bassoons can be extremely expressive as solo instruments and their warm vibrato enables them to sound remarkably human, a little like a resonant baritone singer. They are also great for creating punchy rhythmic lines and as bass instruments they help provide support for the whole orchestra.
The most major indicator of classical music's importance in society today is the fact that much of the popular music that is currently being produced uses similar beats, harmonies, and melodies as those that were used in some of classical music's best works. ...
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A symphony is a large-scale orchestral work intended to be played in the concert hall. It is usually in four movements. The standard Classical form is: 1st movement - allegro (fast) in sonata form.
And when a classical orchestra gathers on stage, the strings are at the front, followed by woodwinds, brass, and then percussion.
The woodwind section of the orchestra today, at a minimum consists of: Two flutes. Two oboes. Two clarinets.
Recording a 60-90 minute orchestral film score can cost anything from $30,000 up to $1,000,000 and beyond. In London or LA, a reasonable average for musicians and studio is around $100,000. Yes you can record much cheaper in Europe and it can sound great.
The average annual salary for Orchestrators is approximately $62,400. The salary range for Orchestrators runs from $13,000 to $175,000.
Without a conductor, each musician would resort to his or her own individual opinion. Much of the conductor's input is during rehearsal when he or she conveys this information to the orchestra.
And philharmonic just means “music-loving” and is often used to differentiate between two orchestras in the same city (e.g. the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra).
Although a concerto is usually a piece of music for one or more solo instruments accompanied by a full orchestra, several composers have written works with the apparently contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra.
A guitar orchestra is an ensemble of players, all sitting like a "real orchestra," usually clustered around a conductor with music stands in front of them, all playing guitars and generally looking at a page of music.