enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. String section - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_section

    The string sections are at the front of the orchestra, arrayed in a semicircle around the conductor's podium. The string section of an orchestra is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. It normally consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. It is the most numerous group in the standard ...

  3. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorthand_for_orchestra...

    The orchestra is divided into four groups (five if a keyboard instrument is used) and specified as follows: [1] Woodwind instruments: flutes, oboes, clarinets, saxophones (if one or more are needed), bassoons; Brass instruments: horns, trumpets, trombones, tubas; Percussion: timpani, snare drum, bass drum, chimes, etc.

  4. Orchestra - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra

    The first is a Baroque orchestra (i.e., J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi), which generally had a smaller number of performers, and in which one or more chord-playing instruments, the basso continuo group (e.g., harpsichord or pipe organ and assorted bass instruments to perform the bassline), played an important role; the second is a typical classical ...

  5. String orchestra - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_orchestra

    A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first and second violin players (each usually playing different parts), the viola, the cello, and usually, but not always, the double bass.

  6. Woodwind section - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodwind_section

    The woodwind section of the concert band is generally much larger than the woodwind section of the orchestra. Also, the concert band generally has a larger variety of woodwind instruments than the orchestra. The woodwind section of the concert band commonly contains, in normal score order [citation needed]: Piccolo(s) Flutes; Oboes; Bassoons; B ...

  7. Principal (music) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_(music)

    In addition to leading the section, principal players are responsible for playing any solos written for that voice in a given musical score. The principal first violin is called the concertmaster (or "leader" in the UK) and is considered the leader of not only the string section, but of the entire orchestra, subordinate only to the conductor.

  8. AOL Mail

    mail.aol.com

    Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

  9. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stringed_instrument_tunings

    Instrument Strings & Courses Tuning(s) Alternative Names Origin Notes Picture Ahenk: 12 strings 6 courses. Standard/common: A 3 A 3 •B 3 B 3 •E 4 E 4 •A 4 A 4 •D 5 D 5 •G 5 G 5. Alternates: May also use various oud tunings