What section of the orchestra does the violin belong to?

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Instruments of the OrchestraString family. Violin. Viola [vee-OH-lah] Cello (violoncello) [CHEL-low] ... Woodwind family. Flute, Piccolo. Oboe, English horn. Clarinet, Bass clarinet. ... Brass family. Trumpet. Horn (French horn) Trombone. ... Keyboards and Harp. Celesta [cheh-LESS-tah] Piano. Harpsichord.

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. It has a single reed and a conical bore.

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.

Twelve violas

Sonata Form: The first movement of a symphony or concerto is often said to be in “sonata form”, which includes an introduction, an exposition (statement of theme), development of the theme, and restatement of the theme.

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.

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There are usually 2 to 4 oboes in an orchestra and they produce a wide range of pitches, from haunting sounds to warm, velvety smooth notes, which make the sound of the oboe very memorable. In addition to playing in the orchestra, the first oboist is also responsible for tuning the orchestra before each concert.

Most students have school music opportunities like orchestra and band between 4th and 6th grade. For students who haven't taken lessons outside of school, this is often their first realization that they could actually play an instrument. This sparks curiosity in many kids and is the start of their musical journey.

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.

“The role of a Conductor is to unify a large group of musicians into a core sound instead of a wild bunch of different sounds surging out; the role of a Concertmaster is to decode the conductor's information, and transmit it to the orchestra, plus to his section; the role of Principals is to use all this information ...

An orchestra is a large group of musicians who play a variety of different instruments together. Orchestras usually play classical music.

The new base salary for a full-time musician (the BSO has 92 of them) will be $120,000, a 26 percent reduction from the previous base pay of $162,000. As the BSO rebuilds its revenue, compensation will increase under terms defined by the contract.