Modern symphony orchestraThe double bass, also known simply as the bass (or by other names), is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed (or plucked) string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding unorthodox additions such as the octobass).
The saxophone is a wind instrument with a reed and the body is made of brass, and so it forms a bridge between the woodwind and brass sections of the orchestra. ... At one time, there were two distinct schools of saxophone playing: the classical, and the jazz or popular.
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In Baroque music, strings were the most important part. Baroque orchestras had from 10 to 30 players, primarily strings.
Conductor
It's a bassoon. This instrument is often called the clown of the orchestra.
Percussion instrumentsKeyboard instruments are often classified as percussion instruments because they play a rhythmic role in some music. However, most keyboard instruments are not true members of the percussion family because their sound is not produced by the vibration of a membrane or solid material.
| Electric Light Orchestra | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | ELO Jeff Lynne's ELO |
| Origin | Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Progressive pop art rock progressive rock pop rock |
| Years active | 1970–1983 1984–1986 2000–2001 2014–present |
The Baroque period was between the years 1600 and 1750. Key features included small orchestras, with often a focus on the harpsichord or string instruments, and often polyphonic textures. Example composers would be Bach or Handel. The Classical period came after, between the years 1750 and 1820.
Today orchestras can usually be heard in concert halls. They also play in opera houses for opera and ballet, or in a large stadium for huge open-air concerts.
Four families
An orchestra tunes itself to a very particular frequency, usually 440 hertz, a note known as A 440. The note is played by the oboist, and the rest of the orchestra tunes their instruments to match it. The oboe leads the tuning because of all the instruments, it is least affected by humidity or other weather conditions.
The conductor is there to bring a musical score to life, communicating their own highly refined sense of the work through an individual language of gestures, which might sculpt the musical line, tease out nuances, emphasise certain musical elements while controlling others, and essentially re-imagine an old piece anew.
1959The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall is an album by Thelonious Monk, released in 1959. The concert included Hall Overton's arrangements on Monk's tunes (including a transcription of Monk's piano solo on "Little Rootie Tootie").
Welcome to Gramophone ...8 Los Angeles Philharmonic. ... 7 Cleveland Orchestra. ... 6 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. ... 5 Chicago Symphony Orchestra. ... 4 London Symphony Orchestra. ... 3 Vienna Philharmonic. ... 2 Berlin Philharmonic. ... 1 Royal Concertgebouw.
Classical eraThe Classical era, which covers roughly the second half of the 18th century, is one of the most significant periods in the development of orchestration. The most talented composers of this period were Mozart and Haydn. Many important developments took place during this time. The orchestra became standardized.
Violin family
People have been putting instruments together in various combinations for millennia, but it wasn't un- til about 400 years ago that musicians started forming combinations that would eventually turn into the modern orchestra. Around 1600 in Italy, the composer Claudio Monteverdi changed that.