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Q: How many instruments recorders play in an orchestra?
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What instruments did pages learn to play?

Probably flutes or recorders.


What instruments do people play in orchestra?

A normal full orchestra would have all instruments except for saxophone and bass clarinets.


What is canonical ensemble?

Canons that play instruments in an orchestra


How many instruments are in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra?

The size of most orchestra's will vary depending upon which work(s) is/are being performed. Many composers were quite specific about what instruments would be employed to play their works.


Why are concertos performed with flutes instead of recorders?

Bach, Telemann, Handel etc - composers before 19th century composed for recorder (there was no "flute" until later). Modern orchestral instruments have louder voice than for example their baroque contemporaries thus the sound of recorder wouldn't be heard. But if orchestra would play with period instruments then also recorders can be used. They were used like that back then. There are sometimes concerts held with period instruments.


What instruments do you sit to play?

an organ is huge but not part of the orchestra is you want one in the orchestra then the piano


How many musicians typically perform with an orchestra?

A full-size orchestra consists of about one hundred musicians, who play instruments in the string, brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. There are also chamber orchestras, which are smaller and consist of fifty musicians or fewer.


How does an orchestra play?

An orchestra is a coordinated group of varied musical instruments, each played by a musician and the whole coordinated by a conductor.


Can a piano played by itself be an orchestra?

No, a piano is an instrument. An orchestra is an ensemble of different kind of instruments. The piano does not have a place in the average orchestra. It may however play with an orchestra in a concerto. Pianists can also play arrangements of orchestral pieces.


Is a zither a string instruments?

It depends on the orchestra. Symphony orchestra- no. Ethnic orchestra- might be.


Instruments that don't play with an orchestra?

Stringed instruments such as the violin, viola, cello and double bass ARE usually found in an orchestra. However, stringed instruments such as the guitar are not very often found in an orchestra.


Do castanets play in an orchestra?

Certainly ... that is, if the score calls for them to be played. The composer of the work is the one who determines which and how many of any particular instruments are to be used for the performance of his or her works.