an ensemble of players of musical instruments arranged in sections - the strings, the woodwind and brass and the percussion, plus occasionally a harp or, for some twentieth century repertoire, a piano
Orchestra
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Full orchestra
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an orchestra with all of its four sections; brass, percussion strings, and woodwind
Gottuvadhyam
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instrument played in Southern India with six playing strings which pass over the top of the instrument, three drone strings a…
Sitar
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a long necked instrument with a varying number of strings), three to four playing strings, three to four drone strings, with…
Strings
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the section of the orchestra formed by members of the violin family but excluding harp, guitar, harpsichord, piano, viols ……
Aeolian Harp
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a box across which lie strings of various thicknesses, stretched and tuned in unison, which when placed in a window and the s…
Celtic harp
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small harp 24 to 34 strings, around 1 metre tall, with curved neck and pillar that is played resting on the knee
Kora
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West African harp lute with 19 strings, popular in Gambia, Senegal and Mali. has a skin stretched across a large gourd, a woo…
Military band
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a regimental band made up of woodwind, brass and percussion