The woodwinds include the flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Among the brass instruments we have the horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba. Percussion instruments include the piano, bass drum and tambourine, and the strings include the violin, viola, cello and harp. The guitar is also one of the stringed instruments, but the guitar is a quiet instrument and thus never used as part of the traditional orchestra. It may however be used by solists.
The number of musicians in a performance may vary from 70 to over 100 musicians. A chamber orchestra is a smaller ensemble with about 50 musicians or fewer. The orchestras of Baroque music tend to be smaller than those of Romantic music.
Instruments such as the piano may be included in a group called the keyboard section. This also includes the organ and the harpsichord. Sometimes instruments such as the piano and the harp may even stand alone.
Many instruments are used to form an orchestra. They are divided into four groups or in some cases into five by including the keyboard section. The large instrumental ensemble called an orchestra includes instruments from the woodwinds, brass, percussion and strings. It is representative of classical music.
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