The modern classical orchestra has a distinct 'seating plan', and is organised by different groups of instruments - strings (violins, violas, 'cellos, double basses), woodwind (flutes, oboes, bassons, clarinets), brass (trumpets, trombones, horns) and percussion (drums, cymbals, triangles, xylophones). The conductor leads this group of musicians, reading the music from an 'orchestral score', which is… Continue reading Seating plan: the modern classical orchestra & the piano
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