Composers have been writing music for the group of instruments we call an orchestra for the last four centuries. Endlessly adaptable and always evolving, an orchestra can be made up of 20 players or ...
Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...
Why do orchestras tune to an ‘A’? Orchestras always tune to concert pitch (usually A=440 Hertz, 440 vibrations per second). Conveniently, every string instrument has an A string. So it makes sense for ...
String instruments made from migrant boats met with sustained applause as they debuted at Italy's prestigious La Scala opera house in tribute to those who perish attempting the Mediterranean crossing ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. MusicaNova Orchestra announces CONTRAST FOR STRINGS, a concert highlighting the ...
Orchestras began tuning to the oboe, in part, because its sound was more penetrating in a performance setting than gut strings. There were also fewer oboes than violins, and in the earliest orchestras ...
A key composing skill is understanding the sounds that musical instruments make and how they can combine together to create a sound, that you want for your composition. A violin is the highest pitched ...
Darlene Dawson spent 34 years teaching children how to play stringed instruments in her hometown of Manassas before she retired. Last summer, three years after she and her husband moved to Orange ...
A rock band have used a 19th century grand piano to create the sounds of an orchestra with actually hiring anyone. Brunettes Shoot Blondes, who are from Ukraine, have successfully packed 20 playable ...
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