Title: A Complete Guide To Orchestral Instruments | Hello Music Theory
Headings: A Complete Guide To Orchestral Instruments
A Complete Guide To Orchestral Instruments
What are the Sections of the Orchestra?
What are the Standard Orchestral Instruments?
String Section
The Violin
How many violins are there in an orchestra?
The Viola
How many violas are there in an orchestra?
The Cello (violoncello)
How many cellos are there in an orchestra?
The Double Bass
How many doubles basses are there in an orchestra?
Brass Section
The Trumpet
How many trumpets are there in an orchestra?
The Horn (French Horn)
How many horns are there in an orchestra?
The Trombone
How many trombones are there in an orchestra?
The Tuba
How many tubas are there in an orchestra?
Woodwind Section
The Flute
How many flutes in an orchestra?
The Oboe
The Clarinet
How many clarinets are there in an orchestra?
The Bassoon
How many bassoons are there in an orchestra?
Percussion Section
Definite Pitch Percussion Instruments
Timpani (kettle drums)
Vibraphone
Marimba
Xylophone
Glockenspiel
Tubular Bells
Other Definite Pitch Percussion Instruments
Indefinite Pitch Percussion Instruments
Summing Up
Dan Farrant

Content: An orchestra will usually only have one tuba. Woodwind Section
Nowadays most of the instruments in the woodwind family are made out of metal or plastic but they used to all be made out of wood, hence the name woodwind. Woodwind instruments are played by blowing air into the mouthpiece where it travels down a tube. Players can change the pitch by playing keys which cover up different holes and depending on where the air escapes it produces different pitches. The four main instruments in the woodwind section (in order of highest to lowest pitch) are: Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
The Flute
The flute
The flute is the highest sounding of the standard orchestra woodwind instruments (although the piccolo is higher). It’s played played by blowing air across a hole in the mouthpiece. Because it’s higher in pitch, like the violin, it will often play the melody of a piece. How many flutes in an orchestra? There are usually four flutes in an orchestra (with one of them also playing piccolo).