There are four instrument families in the orchestra: Strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. The following are instruments that are regularly in an orchestra:
Stringed instruments in an orchestra include: Violins, violas, cellos, and double basses
Woodwind instruments in an orchestra include: Flutes, piccolo, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons
Brass instruments in an orchestra include: Trumpets, French horns, trombones, and tuba.
Percussion instruments include: Snare drum, bass drum, chimes, xylophone, timpani, triangle, tambourine, and many more, depending on the song.
Some pieces written for an orchestra require extra instruments, such as:
Harp (strings), piano, Saxophone (woodwind), English horn (woodwind), and euphonium (brass)
instrument in orchestra
A. stringed instrument
like violin guitar bajo cello laud banduria octavina
B.woodwind instrument
flute oboe Clarinet bassoon
C. brass instrument
french horn Trumpet Trombone tuba
D percussion instrument
bass drum maracas xylophone timpani drum cymbals gong snare drum triange tambourine
and conductor
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
Keyboard/Strings
It depends what type of orchestra you're talking about:
full orchestra: trumpet, trombone, baritone, tuba, alto saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, violin, harp, viola, cello, and bass
string orchestra: viola, violin, cello, bass, and harp
(give or take a few instruments each)
It depends on what type of orchestra you are talking about and from what period.
there is no main instrument!
but there are
violin
viola
cello
and bass
The violin,viola,cello,and the bass
Saxophones are reed instruments not normally found in a symphony orchestra.
then its called an orchestra
A normal full orchestra would have all instruments except for saxophone and bass clarinets.
The organization of an orchestra is hundreds of years old and fairly universal. Clarinets sit with similar instruments (like the oboe, bassoon and flute) in the center of the orchestra.
Violins! I am a keen violinist, and violins are the main instruments played in an orchestra closely followed by cellos and violas.
in a string orchestra the instruments are: Bass Violin Viola Cello.
Madeau Stewart has written: 'Instruments of the Orchestra' 'The music lover's guide to the instruments of the orchestra' -- subject(s): Musical instruments, Orchestra
Instruments of the Orchestra - 1946 is rated/received certificates of: UK:U
The orchestra is not a group of instruments - it contains groups of instruments such as woodwind, brass, strings and percussion.
Saxophones are reed instruments not normally found in a symphony orchestra.
Strings, woodwinds and percussion instruments were used in the romantic period orchestra. Small scale instruments were used during this period.
then its called an orchestra
A normal full orchestra would have all instruments except for saxophone and bass clarinets.
The cast of Instruments of the Orchestra - 1946 includes: Malcolm Sargent as Himself - Conductor London Symphony Orchestra as Themselves
Electric guitar
The organization of an orchestra is hundreds of years old and fairly universal. Clarinets sit with similar instruments (like the oboe, bassoon and flute) in the center of the orchestra.
Violins! I am a keen violinist, and violins are the main instruments played in an orchestra closely followed by cellos and violas.