Which instruments are traditionally placed in the front of the orchestra?

As well as being capable of extreme virtuosity the flute can create beautiful sustained melodies. It also blends perfectly with all instruments and spends much of its time providing background colour to foreground activity elsewhere in the orchestra. The flute is the highest pitched instrument of the woodwind section.

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Behind the orchestra was a large rectangular building called the skene (meaning "tent" or "hut"). It was used as a "backstage" area where actors could change their costumes and masks, but also served to represent the location of the plays, which were usually set in front of a palace or house.

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The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the orchestra. It emits low and muted tones, sometimes rhythmic, sometimes long, but almost always incredibly powerful. The double bass part often forms a stable foundation over which the rest of the orchestra's notes can resound.

The orthodoxy is that the conductor uses his or her right hand to hold a baton (if used – some prefer just to use their hands) and set the tempo, control it thereafter, signify the beginning of a new bar and deal with other matters of timing that help keep an ensemble of sometimes over a hundred individuals together.

2) It enables the orchestra to all start playing together - even if they know the piece well enough not to need the conductor once they've started, starting is the hard part! 3) The conductor can remind the orchestra during the performance of how he wants the piece played.

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During the romantic period, the orchestra had become a great force due to its increasing size including the following: woodwind - flutes and piccolo, oboes and clarinets, bassoon and double bassoons. brass - trumpets, trombones and French horns (tuba added later in the period)

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.

An orchestra is a large group of musicians who play together on a variety of string, wind and percussion instruments. Leading the group of musicians in the conductor. The instruments of the orchestra are organized into families: Strings – String Instruments use vibrating strings to make their sound.

The string bass is the backbone of the orchestra, helping to keep everyone playing together. String bass sizes are 3/4 (which is standard) and 1/2.

On the Town, which opened to rave reviews at Lyric Theatre in October, currently has the largest orchestra on Broadway, a fact that has been well marketed.

The main woodwind family instruments in an orchestra are the flute, oboe, clarinet or bassoon. Other somewhat common woodwind instruments are the piccolo, english horn, and bass clarinet.

The saxophone was used experimentally in orchestral scores, but never came into widespread use as an orchestral instrument. In 1853-54 the orchestra of Louis Antoine Jullien featured a soprano saxophone on a concert tour of the United States.