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Orchestras are arranged according to the wishes and occasionally whims of the conductor and/or music director. However, some things about the orchestra's seating arrangement are strikingly common to all layouts.
The woodwinds, as a group, generally are placed in straight or slightly curved rows at the front of the non-string sections, centered. Most of the time, the flutes are to the left of the conductor, the oboes to the right. Generally, the clarinets are behind the flutes and the bassoons are behind the oboes, although some orchestras place the bassoons further to the right of the oboes.
The french horns (which are considered part of the woodwinds family despite being clearly brass family!) are generally placed to the conductor's right of the clarinets, with or without the bassoons in the second row.
Additions (like the English Horn, Baritone Oboe, Contrabassoon, Bass Clarinet, etc) would be put with their associated group. Generally, principals sit to the conductor's left, additions to his right.
What else can I help you with?
What instruments does the clarinet sit with in the orchestra?
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.
Where do brass instruments sit in an orchestra?
In the back, but in front of the percussion.
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
Where do the string instruments sit in the orchestra?
Wherever the conductor wants -- usually right in front of him. Wherever the conductor wants -- usually right in front of him.
Where does the percussion family sit in a orchestra?
Generally at the back of the orchestra.
Why are string instruments at the front of the orchestra?
They sit in front because wind instruments are louder, so winds are further back.
What instruments does the clarinet sit with in the orchestra?
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.
Where do brass instruments sit in an orchestra?
In the back, but in front of the percussion.
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
Why does the harp sit in the back of the orchestra?
The harp is usually situated at the back of the orchestra beyond the second violins. Personally, I think that is the wrong position; please feel free to disagree. Perhaps it came about like this. Originally, harps were smaller and used mainly in chamber music with a few string instruments and light woodwind. They had metal strings and sounded similar to harpsichords in tone and volume. Hence Mozart's relief at the invention of a piano that "didn't sound like a harp". In any case, probably harps played a more prominent role than in most later orchestral works, as they may have been an alternative to the harpsichord, performing a similar, but more limited, function, and been placed similarly within the ensemble. After harp technology was developed during the first half of the 19th century so it became possible to play all the sharps, naturals and flats through a mechanism that could effectively tighten each string two times (using a pedal with three positions) instead of one time (using a pedal with two positions), more opportunities opened up for harpists and composers wanting to use the harp sound, leading to a demand for increased range, and presumably consequent increase in dynamic volume due to the greater sized soundboard required to accommodate the extra strings. Regarding gut strings, I think these had always been an option but could not be played as loudly as wire strings, however, at some point in pedal harps, gut replaced wire except in the bass. Helped by several "GOAT" harpists such as Charles Nicholas Bochsa (1789-1856) and one of his students, Elias Parish Alvars (1808-1849), who raised the bar on what the harp was deemed capable of and in the 1840s personally made a great impression on composers such as Berlioz, Liszt and Mendelssohn, from the mid-nineteenth century onwards, composers began incorporating the harp into their works for the larger orchestras of the Romantic era. Presumably, the ruling on the higher frequency of general pitch of A at 435.4 Hz (aka diaspon normal) in mid-19th century France, (replacing A at 420-430 Hz) may also, through tauter strings, have slightly increased the volume of the harp, albeit also potentially shortening its lifespan, although the innovation of the extended soundboard at the end of the nineteenth century, must have been the most significant advancement re. dynamic volume. However, volume was still an issue, which meant that generally, the harp was used for specific effects, such as glissandos, arpeggios, etc., which appeared when the rest of the orchestra was playing at low volume or not at all, sometimes making the harp more of a sound-effect like a ting on a triangle, rather than an instrument whose sound melded into the general effect of the orchestra, or at other times, the harp was given the role of main accompanist to the solo melody of another part, (e.g. in Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro" -in which, I might add, the orchestral part supporting the melody is often made to drown out the harmony of the harp part -I think that wasn't Puccini's intention; also, it was written for the sound of the harp so where harpists do exist, don't perform it on a piano! If Puccini had wanted a piano he wouldn't have written it for the harp. It is, after all, a harp and voice duet!) Due to its lack of volume, Richard Strauss emphasised that within an orchestra, the harp should always be considered as a solo instrument. So it is strange, given the popularity of the harp at the turn of the century, particularly in France, that no-one seemed to take seriously the idea of permanently increasing the orchestral harp section to make up volume (possibly harpists as working musicians -rather than accomplished daughters of the rich- were thin on the ground?) My own hypothesis is that it was the use of the harp as mainly an incidental sound-effect which led to its being categorized as something akin to the percussion and then positioned accordingly; some claim that technically the harp can be classified as a percussion instrument; I am unsure why as (generally) we don't hit it to create the sound unlike the piano in which hammers actually strike the strings. In any case, as its sound is substantially less loud than that of the other instruments on the back rows of the orchestra -the actual percussion, the brass, and even the woodwind, sections- the harp's placement at the back seems a misplacement. After all, texts on orchestras commonly seem to say that violins are at the front because they are not loud. Therefore the harp's location on the orchestral stage seems a mistaken placement.
Where do the string instruments sit in the orchestra?
Wherever the conductor wants -- usually right in front of him. Wherever the conductor wants -- usually right in front of him.
Where does the percussion family sit in a orchestra?
Generally at the back of the orchestra.
Where do percussion instruments sit?
Percussion instruments are typically placed at the back of the orchestra or ensemble, behind the string, woodwind, and brass sections. They are situated in a designated area known as the percussion section, which allows for easy access when changing between different instruments during a performance.
Where do woodwind instruments sit in the orcastra?
In an orchestra, woodwind instruments are typically positioned behind the strings and in front of the brass section. Their placement allows for a balance of sound, as the woodwinds can blend harmoniously with strings while still being audible over the brass. Common woodwind instruments include flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons. This arrangement enhances the overall texture and color of the orchestra's sound.
Section of the orchestra stands up?
The percussion sits at the back. Brass sit below the percussion and above the woodwind. Th strings sit below the woodwind and to the right ( in a conductors view) of the harps and the piano if a full orchestra is needed! That is the normal positions they would sit in.
Where do orchestra sit dunning a Broadways show?
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Where does the instrumentalist who play the trumpet sit in a orchestra?
on a chair
