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Orchestra - Wikipedia  An orchestra is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which features string instruments such as violin, viola, cello and double bass, as well as brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, grouped in sections. ... A full-size orchestra may sometimes be called a symphony orchestra or philharmonic...
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The Clarinet in the Orchestra  In a symphonic orchestra a typical list of players would look like that: ... A violine will produce about 0,001 watt sinus with its strongest fortissimo; a flute 0,013 ... sits left of the oboe (first row of woodwinds) and cor anglais or english horn (in yellow), then, ... Quite often the Bass Clarinet is played by the 3rd clarinet player, too.
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The truth about orchestral players - Chris Lamb  Mar 8, 2006 ... These are woodwinds, the strings, the brass, and the percussion. There's also someone standing in front of all these other folks playing no instrument at all. .... are happy to have a secure job in a symphony orchestra or anywhere. ... It's a little-known fact that trombone players are unusually good bowlers.
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Instruments of the Orchestra: The Woodwind ... - Oregon Symphony  You play them by blowing air through the mouthpiece (that's the "wind" in "woodwind") and opening or closing the holes with your fingers to change the pitch.
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The Listener - Wheeling Symphony  In addition to performing its subscription concerts, the symphony places great emphasis on education ... The person who guides the musicians as the orchestra is playing so everyone will ..... Clarinets come in a number of different sizes, and the standard B-flat ... The bassoon is the bass instrument of the woodwind family.
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The New Violin Family  In the five higher instruments - Treble, Soprano, Mezzo, Alto, Tenor - the main wood ... with a little practice, accomplished through a small movement of the wrist. .... The Contrabass Violin, tuned E-A-D-G, is even larger than its conventional...
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Music for Kids: Woodwind Instruments - Ducksters  Kids learn about various musical woodwind instruments like the flute, clarinet, ... all long tubes of various sizes with metal keys that cover the holes when played to ... These are popular instruments for the orchestra and are often used in jazz as well. Flute. Piccolo - The piccolo is a small, or half-size, flute. It's played the same...
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Concertmaster - Wikipedia  The Concertmaster (from the German Konzertmeister) is the second-most significant person in ... 1 Orchestra; 2 Concert band; 3 Brass band; 4 Duties; 5 See also ... The concertmaster sits to the conductor's left, closest to the audience, in what is ... more assistant concertmasters, who lead the orchestra in the concertmaster's...
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Orchestra - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  An orchestra is a group of musicians playing instruments together. ... Occasionally there is an alto flute which is longer and plays a fifth (half an octave) ... The clarinet has a larger version as well; the bass clarinet. ... They are the most common percussion instrument. ... Today orchestras can usually be heard in concert halls.
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J! Archive - Show #5174, aired 2007-02-22  In 1849 & 1850, at least 80,000 people rushed to this state ... a standard symphony orchestra, it's the closest to the size of the person playing it...
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Concertmaster - Wikipedia  The Concertmaster (from the German Konzertmeister) is the second-most significant person in an orchestra, symphonic band or other musical ensemble after the conductor or director. Another common term in the U.S. is "First Chair. ... audience, in what is called the "first chair," "first [music] stand" or "first desk" (in the UK or...
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Instruments of the Orchestra - Percussion  Timpani are tuned instruments, which means they can play different notes. ... ear because he/she usually needs to change the pitches of the drums during ... The percussionist uses hard mallets to play the glockenspiel, which sounds like clear tinkling bells. Cymbals. Cymbals are the biggest noisemakers of the orchestra.
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The Listener - Wheeling Symphony  April 4, 5, 6, & 8 .... You will notice that members of the orchestra come out on stage in no particular ... You might hear funny sounds like a brass player blowing into his mouthpiece or an ... MAGIC CIRCLE MIME Co. is regarded as one of today's premier family ..... If it were straight, the bassoon would be around 9 feet long!
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Instruments of the Orchestra - Hector  The lower register is dark and soft, the uppermost quite penetrating. ... recorder Orchestral music from Beethoven forward often calls for the piccolo, pitched an octave higher ... of Brahms and Tchaikovsky in particular, and the Mozart piano concertos. .... Violin bow Violin bow The bow is made of wood and horse-hair or some...
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Orchestra - Wikipedia  The typical symphony orchestra consists of four groups of related musical instruments called the woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings (violin, viola, cello and double bass).
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Woodwind Family by Mrs Hicks Music Class on Prezi  Feb 20, 2014 ... Family members often look alike, act alike, and sometimes even ... In the String Family you must make the strings vibrate to produce a ... Remember... the smaller an Instument is, the higher it will sound... and ... Can't play that one under your chin like the violin or the viola can you? ... It is called a Piccolo.
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Woodwind section - Wikipedia  The woodwind sections of orchestras and concert bands consist of woodwind instruments, and ... The woodwind section of the late 19th-century symphony orchestra (for instance, ... 8 (1910) employs 2 piccolos, 4 flutes, 4 oboes, cor anglais, 2 E-flat clarinets, 3 B-flat clarinets, bass clarinet, 4 bassoons, and contrabassoon.
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Instruments of the Orchestra - Percussion  They are big copper pots with drumheads made of calfskin or plastic stretched over their tops. Timpani are tuned instruments, which means they can play different notes. The timpanist ... Attached to the bottom of the wooden bars are metal tubes called resonators, where the sound vibrates. ... Have you played one of these?
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Instruments of the Orchestra - Percussion  Most orchestras have four timpani of different sizes and tuned to different pitches and they are ... You can change the quality of the pitch by using different kinds of mallets (hard or soft), and ... This gives the xylophone its bright bell-like sound.
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Instruments Of The Orchestra by Kini S on Prezi  Orchestra Snare Drum- By Kineta C8H Orchestral String Instruments- Violin- The treble ... A small flute sounding an octave higher than the ordinary flute. Oboe-
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Concert band - Wikipedia  A concert band, also called wind ensemble, symphonic band, wind symphony, wind orchestra, wind band, symphonic winds, symphony band, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments, along with the double bass. ... The standard repertoire for the concert band does, however, contain concert...