A group of five musicians is known as a "quintet."
Octet
A ... quintet.
Brass,woodwinds,string and percussions are the four families of musical instruments...The fifth one is the electric family, instruments that need electricity to amplify the sound (keyboards, Electric guitars, etc.)
Violin viola violincello-cell double bass harp
The FIVE instruments are harps, psaltries, timbrels, cymbals, and trumpets.
claire
Violin, viola, cello, bass. ( I'm in orchestra and I'm pretty sure there are only four) But in that case it might be thinking of a harp or the conductor.. :) I hope this helped!
There's four not five Strings Brass Percussion Keyboard One more the other person forgot: Woodwind That makes five
Pentology
Brass, woodwinds, percussion, strings, and keyboards are the five general groups of instruments. Some people consider their voice to be a instrument as well.
5 peopleThere are five (5) people in a quintet (the prefix "quin" means five).
Five musicians would be a quintet