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A modern full-scale symphony orchestra consists of approximately one hundred permanent musicians, most often distributed as follows: 16–18 1st violins, 16 2nd violins, 12 violas, 12 cellos, 8 double basses, 4 flutes (one with piccolo as a specialty), 4 oboes (one with English horn as a specialty), 4 clarinets (one with ...
Brass section
The sound qualities of the instruments are very different and they do vary dramatically in the volume of sound they produce. Some musical instruments produce a very smooth sound while others can be more shrill.
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.
String section
The typical symphony orchestra consists of four groups of related musical instruments called the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings.
Piccolo
4 oboes
An orchestra pit is the area in a theater (usually located in a lowered area in front of the stage) in which musicians perform.
Claudio Monteverdi
Percussion is, by its very nature, L O U D if you are close to it. Putting it at the back of an orchestra does two things. It allows a bit of space which mellows the sound, and second puts a lot of soft sound absorbers (other members of the orchestra) between the player and the audience.
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The bassoon is a double reed instrument in the woodwind family used in orchestra, wind band and chamber music. ... The bassoon has been called the “clown of the orchestra” because of its ability to produce a bright staccato sound and the jovial and comedic quality of its low register.
The Double bass has a similar structure to the cello. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo, and chamber music in Western classical music.
Do you think the piano belongs in this section? Well, it does have strings, 88 of them, but most experts consider it a percussion instrument because of the way the strings are struck by small hammers to make their sound. Therefore you will find it listed under the Percussion section later on this page.
200 musicians