| When visitors enter a concert hall to hear a | | | | and the musician will check the tuning of |
| symphonic orchestra, they will see a | | | | each stringed instrument briefly when they |
| orchestrated seating arrangement stretched | | | | take their seat. All tuning will be done |
| out across the stage before them. Many might | | | | before the concert performance begins and at |
| wonder about the musical instruments that | | | | intervals throughout the night. |
| will be used during the performance because | | | | |
| there are no signs posted to identify the | | | | The musical instruments that comprise the |
| types of musical instruments and the specific | | | | woodwind instruments section are the |
| placement of them. Some instruments will be | | | | clarinet, flute, piccolo, oboe, and bassoon. |
| on the stage, such as the piano, and kettle | | | | There are generally four musical instruments |
| drums and others will be brought to the stage | | | | of each type in a symphonic orchestra with |
| by the musician that is trained to play it. | | | | the exception of the piccolo, which remains |
| | | | the responsibility of one orchestra member. |
| The number of musical instruments that will | | | | The types of clarinets will range from the |
| make up a symphonic orchestra will total more | | | | deep notes emitted from the contra bass |
| than 100. The types of musical instrument are | | | | clarinet to the high notes which come from |
| numerous and each instrument style will be | | | | the E-flat clarinet. All of these musical |
| placed in a specific category. A complete | | | | instruments are tubular shaped and some will |
| orchestra will contain stringed instruments, | | | | require placement on the floor when it is |
| woodwinds, instruments made of brass, | | | | played. |
| percussion instruments, and toward the front | | | | |
| of the orchestra, a harp can be seen sitting | | | | The brass section of a symphonic orchestra is |
| in a stand waiting to be raised and played by | | | | easy to see because this type of musical |
| a talented musician. Some musical instrument | | | | instrument is shiny and easily seen from |
| types will fit into odd musical instrument | | | | great distances. The types of musical |
| categories. | | | | instruments in the brass section will be |
| | | | French horns, trumpets, trombones, and tuba. |
| The musical instruments that will always be | | | | Some concert goers might think that the |
| placed in the strings category are the | | | | saxophone belongs to this category, but in |
| violin, violas, cellos, and double basses. | | | | fact, it is considered to be a woodwind |
| The violin and violas are held in the hand | | | | instrument because the mouthpiece requires |
| when played and the cellos and double basses | | | | air to be blown into it to emit a musical |
| must be played in a standing position and | | | | sound. |
| will be equipped with pins that extend from | | | | |
| the bottom and give the musician traction | | | | The final types of musical instruments placed |
| with the flooring during the symphonic | | | | in the percussion instruments category of a |
| performance. | | | | symphonic orchestra are the timpani, snare |
| | | | drum, bass drum, triangle, cymbals, chimes, |
| The cellos and double basses will be the | | | | xylophone, celesta, tam-tam, and the |
| musical instruments that the audience can | | | | triangle. These are the loudest instruments |
| view before the performance starts because | | | | in an orchestra and are generally positioned |
| these musical instruments are bulky and take | | | | behind all other orchestra members because of |
| time to set up before the performance starts. | | | | the noise levels that each instrument can |
| The musician will carry all other string | | | | produce. |
| musical instruments into the concert hall, | | | | |