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If you're in orchestra is the flute usually owned by the person who plays it or the teacher in orchestra?
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∙ 14y ago
Most, if not all, professional musicians who play in an orchestra own their own instruments. School bands and orchestras are a different matter entirely, where students are either renting from an outside source, using school equipment, or have their own.
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How many piccolos are in a orchestra?
There is usually one piccolo in an orchestra, but the larger the orchestra, piccolos may need to be added.
What other instrument would a flautist in the orchestra might be expected to play?
Piccolo (usually doubled by the 3rd flute)
Where do you go to learn how to play the flute?
a flute teacher usually helps. go to your school or a local university or college. they'll help you out.
Does the flute play the melody in the orchestra?
The flute is a high-pitched, soft-voiced member of the woodwind section. In an orchestra, the flute normally plays the melody, alone or with the Oboe. Many composers have found it to be a delightful sonority when doubling the bassoons at octaves. The flute is often use as a solo instrument, with the rest of the orchestra accompanying it.
Which orchestra plays the highest flute or piccolo?
The piccolo plays higher than the flute. All orchestra's have piccolo's and the piccolo can only go so high (same as the flute) so it is not a matter of which orchestra plays the highest because all of them can play at the same pitch range (this also applies for the flute)
How many woodwinds in an orchestra?
Usually eight players, with two each on flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon.
The orchestra produces the highest notes-- the flute or the piccolo?
The piccolo is higher pitched than the flute.
What kind of flute should i buy if I'm in a pit orchestra?
A good performance flute will be fine. "Pit orchestra" simply means the orchestra is located in a sunken area in front of a stage, called the "pit." There are no particular instruments for a pit orchestra, nor is there any particular size of orchestra that plays in a pit.
What is the smallest instrumet in an orchestra?
The piccolo, which is a small version of the flute.
What woodwing instruments are usually found in an orchestra?
You forgot to include "the following" instruments. Woodwinds used in orchestra are the flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. Sometimes there will also be piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet, and contrabassoon.
What instrument in the orchestra produces the highest note flute or piccolo?
A piccolo is one octave higher than a flute.
Which instrument in the orchestra produces the hightest notes-- the flute or the piccolo?
Piccolo
