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Learn about all the different instruments that make up an orchestra. The four families: Brass, Strings, Woodwind and Percussion
Learn about the woodwind instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon! Learn about the brass instruments: trumpet, french horn, trombone, and tuba! Learn about the percussion instruments: timpani, xylophone, cymbals, piano, and more!
Orchestras play a wide range of repertoire, including symphonies, opera and ballet overtures, concertos for solo instruments, and pit ensembles for operas, ballets, and some types of musical theatre (e.g., Gilbert and Sullivan operettas).
The following is a list of common orchestral instruments grouped by type/family. Other basic information like instrument range and clef used in scoring are also included for each instrument. Brass instruments amplify the lip vibrations of the player. Trumpets, trombones and didgeridoos are brass instruments. A didgeridoo is made of wood.
On this page, you can learn all about each instrument of the orchestra, what they sound like, and even test your skills by identifying instruments in a sound quiz. To start, let’s explore each instrument more in depth.
You probably already know about the violin, but which other string instruments in an orchestra are there, and what’s their role? Well, in this post, we’re going to take a look at the other common (and not-so-common) string instruments that you might see in an orchestra.
The principal sections found in the orchestra are the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings. Voices and electronic sounds are commonly combined with acoustic instrument families, but they are beyond the scope of this topic.
Orchestra instruments are divided into four main sections: string, brass, percussion, and woodwind. Each one is crucial to an orchestra’s sound. And, our orchestra instruments list will give you a closer look to instruments played in symphony orchestras.
Section - The orchestra has four sections of instruments, called families: string, woodwind, brass and percussion. Notes - Each different sound is called a note. Valves - These are...
Today, the modern orchestra can include over 100 musicians playing various classical instruments. There are four main types of orchestra instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Let’s take a closer look at each of these categories. The string section is the largest and most important section of the orchestra.