What is an Orchestra?

The orchestra is a group of musicians that play music together. However to call it a Orchestra you have to have to have all 4 groups of instruments: brass, woodwind, strings and percussion. Together, they play mainly classical music and are led by a conductor who brings the musical score to life and helps direct which instrument is to be played and when by using different gestures. There are usually 45-100 musicians (sometimes even more) so very expensive to run!  

Facts!

-Violins and harpsichord were some of the early instruments in an orchestra.

-The Royal Danish Orchestra is believed to have had around 1,000 members ever since it began recruiting musicians in the 17th century making it one of the oldest orchestra's in the world!

-The players now need to be perfect else any drawbacks can easily be figured out.

 -Did you know, the string family is the biggest section in an orchestra  but has only five different instruments!

-The woodwind family is home to the smallest and highest pitched instrument of the orchestra, the piccolo.

-Did you know there is more then 1500 instruments in the world? Of course not all of these are played in a orchestra.

- There is only ever 1 piccolo in a orchestra as it is so high pitched!