Just about any percussion instrument imaginable has been used in orchestra at one time or another. That said, the primary orchestral percussion instruments are the timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, and triangle.

It's called a Glockenspiel. A percussion instrument that produces tuned pitches by striking tuned metal strips arranged similarly in fashion to the piano.

There is only one official Trans-Siberian Orchestra. However, they have a massive group of "revolvin" musicians that tour with them in the winter so they are able to tour with two bands which they call Trans-Siberian Orchestra East and West.Like -the trans-sylvan-orchestra

Violins perform in most orchestras

The harpsichord is not usually part of a modern orchestra, but it is an essential part of the baroque orchestra -- the period of Bach and Handel. In this orchestra, the harpsichordist doubles the basses and cellos with his left hand, and improvises chords with his right hand, filling in the harmony. This is called the continuo. In church music the same function is often performed by the organist. During the baroque period the performer of the continuo was often the composer.

Yes, you can seat the cellists in the middle of the orchestra, but they're usually seated to the side.

An orchestra has violins, violas, and cellos, and a symphonic band doesn't.

Are you thinking of a Cantata? These can be performed with or without scenery, costumes and acting. Earlier ones were acted but as they developed, they were just performed without acting.

Strings: 1st & 2nd violins, violas, cellos, basses

Woodwinds: flute & piccolo, clarinet, oboe & English horn, bassoon

Brass: horns, trumpets, trombones & tuba

Percussion: various including whip, snare drum, tympani, bass drum, xylophone, cymbals, tam-tam

The a2 symbol is Italian for "a due", meaning both instruments play in unison

Baroque orchestras typically use period instruments, so the instruments that baroque composers would have originally composed for. This can create a more authentic experience for audience members with a sound that isn't heard with modern instruments.

the strings, the woodwinds, the brass, and the percussion

There are four families in a standard symphony orchestra: woodwind, brass, percussion, and strings.

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Orchestras are arranged according to the wishes and occasionally whims of the conductor and/or music director. However, some things about the orchestra's seating arrangement are strikingly common to all layouts.

The woodwinds, as a group, generally are placed in straight or slightly curved rows at the front of the non-string sections, centered. Most of the time, the flutes are to the left of the conductor, the oboes to the right. Generally, the clarinets are behind the flutes and the bassoons are behind the oboes, although some orchestras place the bassoons further to the right of the oboes.

The french horns (which are considered part of the woodwinds family despite being clearly brass family!) are generally placed to the conductor's right of the clarinets, with or without the bassoons in the second row.

Additions (like the English Horn, Baritone Oboe, Contrabassoon, Bass clarinet, etc) would be put with their associated group. Generally, principals sit to the conductor's left, additions to his right.

Bugles don't have valves, and as such can only play in one key. This makes them unlikely to play in an orchestra. ITs only when a piece requires a specific tone (the bugle has a different tone to that of the cornet, trumpet and flugle horn)

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Harry James (trumpet); Buddy DeVito, Patricia Lindon, Ginny Powell, Kitty Kallen, Betty Grable

(vocals); Hayden Causey (guitar); Gerald Joyce (violin, viola); Mischa Russell, Jack Gootkin, Jerome

Reisler, Nick Pisani, Ernest Karpati, Harry Jawarski, Robert Bein, George Grossman, John de Voodgt, Gershon

Oberstein, Larry Kurkdjie, Edward Bergman, Paul Leonkron, Sol Giskin, Alex Beller, Sam Caplan, Harry

Bluestone (violin); Sam Freed, David Sterkin, David Amsterdam, Harold Sorin, Alex Nieman, Monchi Fernandez,

Bill Spears, Leonard Atkins, Mike Russell (viola); Cy Bernard, Carl Ziegler, Elia Friede (cello); Eddie

Rosa (clarinet, alto saxophone, flugelhorn); Willie Smith (clarinet, alto saxophone); Murray Williams (alto

saxophone); Stewart Bruner (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Corky Corcoran (tenor saxophone); George

Davis (baritone saxophone); James Grimes, Leonard Corris, Al Ramsey, Red Berkens, James Troutman, Jimmy

Salko, Jimmy Campbell (trumpet); Dalton Rizzotto, Vic Hamann, Dick Bellerose, Nick Noel, Charles Preble,

Ray Heath (trombone); Juan Tizol (valve trombone); Arnold Ross (piano); Ray Toland, Lou Fromm, Nick Fatool

(drums).

Over the past couple hundred years, the orchestra added more winds and brass. As such, more strings were needed for everything to be in balance.

Woodwind, because it would have originally been made of wood. Unfortunately, the recorder would never be featured in a concert orchestra.