Title: What Instruments are in an Orchestra? (With Chart) – Andyax Music
Headings: What Instruments are in an Orchestra? (With Chart)
What Instruments are in an Orchestra? (With Chart)
Inside this article:
1. String family
The String Instruments’ respective roles in the orchestra
Violin (1st and second):
The Viola
The Cello
Double Bass ( or contrabass)
The Harp
2. Woodwinds
The woodwinds’ respective roles in the orchestra
3. Brass family
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The brass instruments’ respective roles in the orchestra
4. Percussion instruments
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Player positioning in the Orchestra
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Content: It provides a perfect segway between different sections in a musical piece, and it has a ‘filling in’ quality that is just perfect. It combines well with most instruments. By the way, if you work with MIDI and want to learn how to get a highly realistic sounding orchestra, you should really read this helpful article. 2. Woodwinds
Typical woodwind instruments you will find in this section of the orchestra are: Flute
Piccolo
Oboe
Basson
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
English Horn
Contrabassoon
Saxophone (yup!) Even though you might logically assume that these instruments are all made from wooden material, that is not necessarily the case. Take the saxophone for instance. You were probably a little surprised that this is not a brass instrument, even though it is obviously made from brass material? It has a mouthpiece very similar to the clarinet and was actually made in the 1800s as kind of an ‘in-betweener’ between woodwinds and brass instruments.