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Violins.
The violin is the most numerous instrument. There are (in general) two sections of violins, and both sections play the same instrument. In most cases the total number of violinists is 16 to 20.
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Is harp guitar used in orchestra?
The harp and guitar are both, sometimes used in the orchestra ( the harp more than the guitar ). The instrument known as the "harp-guitar" is a very rare hybrid instrument. Most of its repetoire is in solo pieces and chmber music. It is not a regular member of the symphony orchestra.
What part of the orchestra is the guitar?
There is no guitar in a standard symphony orchestra. If the orchestra is playing a guitar concerto, the guitarist would sit in front of the orchestra, near the conductor, as would any other soloist.
What determines the placement of a symphony orchestra on a stage?
The orchestra is most commonly situated centered on the stage. This is to achieve balance in sound to the listeners.
What instrument is considered the most expressive in the orchestra?
writing
What are the instruments that compromised a symphony orchestra?
A symphony orchestra has instruments from most of the instrument families (woodwind, stings, brass, percussion, and sometimes keyboard). Usually there is a variety of instruments from each family. Some of the common ones would be the flute, clarinet, bassoon (for woodwinds), the tuba, trombone, trumpet (for brass), violin, cello, double bass/ string bass (for strings), the timpani, snare, symbols (for percussion), and sometimes an orchestra may have an organ (as the keyboard).
Which instrument is considered to be one of the most versatile brass instruments and is used in jazz bands marching bands and in symphony orchestra?
Trumpet
What American orchestras feature violin music?
Most American orchestras' will feature or highlight violin music every season, or have a "string instrument highlight". The five orchestras that are considered the best in the United States are the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.
Is harp guitar used in orchestra?
The harp and guitar are both, sometimes used in the orchestra ( the harp more than the guitar ). The instrument known as the "harp-guitar" is a very rare hybrid instrument. Most of its repetoire is in solo pieces and chmber music. It is not a regular member of the symphony orchestra.
What is the most common instrument in the orchestra?
violin
What part of the orchestra is the guitar?
There is no guitar in a standard symphony orchestra. If the orchestra is playing a guitar concerto, the guitarist would sit in front of the orchestra, near the conductor, as would any other soloist.
What determines the placement of a symphony orchestra on a stage?
The orchestra is most commonly situated centered on the stage. This is to achieve balance in sound to the listeners.
What instrument is considered the most expressive in the orchestra?
writing
What are the instruments that compromised a symphony orchestra?
A symphony orchestra has instruments from most of the instrument families (woodwind, stings, brass, percussion, and sometimes keyboard). Usually there is a variety of instruments from each family. Some of the common ones would be the flute, clarinet, bassoon (for woodwinds), the tuba, trombone, trumpet (for brass), violin, cello, double bass/ string bass (for strings), the timpani, snare, symbols (for percussion), and sometimes an orchestra may have an organ (as the keyboard).
Why are electric guitars not in the symphony orchestra?
Most symphonic music predates the invention of the electric guitar.
What is a tune composed for an orchestra?
Could be a symphony, sonata, or most any other imaginable title. Not really called a tune or song, but rather a Composition.
What are the most common unbowed instrument in an symphony orchestra?
For one thing, "string instruments" and "stringed instruments" are not the same. String instruments are the viol family and stringed instruments are any instrument that has strings. The piano and harp both qualify.Now, the piano is a percussion instrument that has strings and the harp is an unbowed stringed instrument.
How many trombones are in an orchestra?
In a symphony orchestra in the brass section there are usually 3 trombones in proportion with 4 horns, 2 trumpets and a bass instrument. ref The Oxford Companion to Music, orchestra, page 898.Most of the time, an orchestra uses three trombones, with two tenors and one bass.
