Five, since a quartet is a form of four, and quintet a form of five. Sextet would be the form for a six instrument piece.
In brief, a string quartet is accompanied with a piano. A string quintet has two violins, a viola and a cello.
Five instruments play in a quintet.
Most often in the classical music genre, a string quintet is comprised of two violins, a viola, a cello, and a double bass.
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Any kind of a quintet is comprised of five parts. Multiple instruments may double up on the parts, but "quint..." is a pretty good indication of "five".
A quintet is a group of five, usually a group of five musicians. Depending on which instruments they are using, they could be a string quintet, a brass quintet or a vocal quintet. The word could also be used for a piece of music written for five performers.
The string quintet played beautifully all evening.
A "classical band of four" is called a quintet, and traditionally uses two violins, a viola and a cello. For two, you can use any two string instruments.
A quintet.
A string quintet has 20 strings - 2 violins, 2 violas, 1 cello of 2 violins, 1 viola and 2 cellos
A 5 person band is a quintet. A 3 is a trio A 4 is a quartet
A "wind quintet" is NOT an instrument. A "quintet" is music for/being played by five musicians. Specifically a "wind quintet" comprises 5 musicians all playing wind instruments.