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Types Of Musical Instruments

When visitors enter a concert hall to hear aand the musician will check the tuning of
symphonic orchestra, they will see aeach stringed instrument briefly when they
orchestrated seating arrangement stretchedtake their seat. All tuning will be done
out across the stage before them. Many mightbefore the concert performance begins and at
wonder about the musical instruments thatintervals  throughout  the  night.
will be used during the performance because
there are no signs posted to identify theThe musical instruments that comprise the
types of musical instruments and the specificwoodwind instruments section are the
placement of them. Some instruments will beclarinet, flute, piccolo, oboe, and bassoon.
on the stage, such as the piano, and kettleThere are generally four musical instruments
drums and others will be brought to the stageof 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 willThe types of clarinets will range from the
make up a symphonic orchestra will total moredeep notes emitted from the contra bass
than 100. The types of musical instrument areclarinet to the high notes which come from
numerous and each instrument style will bethe E-flat clarinet. All of these musical
placed in a specific category. A completeinstruments 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 sittingThe brass section of a symphonic orchestra is
in a stand waiting to be raised and played byeasy to see because this type of musical
a talented musician. Some musical instrumentinstrument is shiny and easily seen from
types will fit into odd musical instrumentgreat 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 beSome concert goers might think that the
placed in the strings category are thesaxophone 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 handinstrument because the mouthpiece requires
when played and the cellos and double bassesair to be blown into it to emit a musical
must be played in a standing position andsound.
will be equipped with pins that extend from
the bottom and give the musician tractionThe final types of musical instruments placed
with the flooring during the symphonicin 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 thexylophone, celesta, tam-tam, and the
musical instruments that the audience cantriangle. These are the loudest instruments
view before the performance starts becausein an orchestra and are generally positioned
these musical instruments are bulky and takebehind 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 stringproduce.
musical instruments into the concert hall,



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