
terminology - What is the name for a group of five? - Music: …
Jun 22, 2014 · A quintet. For example, the Miles Davis Quintet or the Charlie Parker Quintet with Dizzy Gillespie. Johannes Brahms wrote a Piano Quintet in F minor, but no, it's not a piece for …
composition - Key choice for brass instruments - Music: Practice ...
Dec 5, 2015 · @Gauthier This preference has to do with the fundamental resonant frequency of the instrument. For trombone and tuba (non-C non-transposing instruments, Bb is first position …
How to write a string quartet - Music: Practice & Theory Stack …
Jan 15, 2021 · While written for organ, this is a foundational song in the Canadian Brass' brass-quintet repertoire and has been with them since they formed so it's obviously good for a small …
woodwinds - Wind quintet or sextet minus one - Music: Practice
Feb 5, 2024 · This question arose from a situation where our group of amateur but experienced players was to meet to play through Janáček's Mládí and the Lefebvre Suite for Winds.
Why are conductors required at orchestra performances?
Jul 3, 2016 · A symphonic orchestra is much bigger than a band, and being in perfect sync with the player at the other side of the stage or pit can be hard without visual cues. In smaller …
brass - Can a baritone be used for a trombone part? - Music: …
Jun 15, 2017 · Brass Quintet trombone parts are notated at concert pitch using a variety of clefs. Baritone players (in British Brass band at least) expect treble-clef Bb parts. So unless your …
composition - Name for ensemble of the same instrument - Music ...
Jun 18, 2018 · A piano quintet is more probably a piano combined with a string quartet than five pianos. A clarinet quartet may address four clarinets as well as a clarinet combined with a …
terminology - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
Jan 27, 2014 · I don't believe so. Some have parallel tube shapes inside, some conical. Most have a bell, but the sound of a flute comes from the mouthpiece area.Generally a brass instrument …
technique - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
Jan 3, 2018 · I am looking for information on how to structure a practice session for a string quartet. I read many articles online. They talk about working on intonation but hardly any …
I want to join a Barbershop Quartet. How can I prepare myself?
Here's one thing that I myself had not considered when I endeavored to join a local barbershop quartet club this past year;