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Bass drum

There is usually at least one bass trombone in a symphony orchestra. Made of about sixteen feet of tubing, the tuba is the lowest-sounding member of the brass family. It is one of the newest instruments in the orchestra, having first appeared in the mid-19th century.

A symphony orchestra will usually have over eighty musicians on its roster, in some cases over a hundred, but the actual number of musicians employed in a particular performance may vary according to the work being played and the size of the venue.

The orchestral song (German Orchesterlied) is a late romantic genre of classical music for solo voices and orchestra.

The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question.

Wayang Kulit performances are always accompanied by a gamelan orchestra—a traditional Indonesian musical ensemble that includes a variety of instruments such as gongs, drums, metallaphones, xylophones, stringed instruments, and vocalists.

The principal of each section is the highest paid. The concert master is the highest, followed by the principal oboe and horn.

Oboes have been used in orchestras for about 400 years and are among the most established instruments of the orchestra. The oboe is slightly lower in pitch than the flute and so occupies the alto register in the woodwind section.

Today, 15 of the Vienna Philharmonic's 145 permanent members are women, with four more going through the statutory transition period to becoming full members. Vienna may be an egregious example of gender inequality in the classical music world. Yet it is not the only one.

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The Harp is a celestial addition Finally, while not an orchestral regular, there is the harp. Shaped like a number-7, the harp has 47-strings that are tuned to the white keys on a piano. Pedals at the foot of the harp allow players to shift the length of the strings, to play the "black key" notes.

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Double bass

The Count Basie Orchestra

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Although violins have a high, singing quality, they are not particularly loud. So, just as you need more upper voices to make sure they're heard over the lower voices in a choir, you need at least two violins per woodwind or brass instrument to achieve a balanced sound.

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.

Benjamin Britten composed this music to teach young people about the orchestra and its instrument families for the 1946 BBC documentary entitled “Instruments of the Orchestra”.

Detaché is a playing technique on violin and other string instruments that calls for broad but separate bow strokes. In printed sheet music, the notes simply are not slurred.

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The word derives from the ancient Greek part of a stage where instruments and the chorus combined music and drama to create theater. The first semblance of a modern orchestra came in the early 17th century when the Italian opera composer Claudio Monteverdi formally assigned specific instruments to perform his music.

The word "balcony" has a certain nose-bleed connotation, and ticket buyers are less spooked by the word "mezzanine." Front mezzanine seats are usually as good as orchestra seats, sometimes better, depending on the show. For a show with a visual sweep or intricate choreography, you might be better off in the mezzanine.

Twelve cellos

Baroque Orchestra (1600-1760) Baroque orchestras had from 10 to 30 players, primarily strings. In the Baroque orchestra, the strings and winds played the same sort of music melodically and rhythmically. The woodwind and brass were used as melodic instruments but later they were mainly used to sustain the harmony.