Music - Timbre - Appendix C

Woodwind

Woodwind

flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon

Strings

violin, viola, cello, double bass

Brass

trumpet, french horn, trombone, tuba

Voices

soprano, alto, tenor, bass

Groups

Solo, duet, trio

A cappella

Just voices, bo instruments

Orchestra

Groups of musicians playing together

String quartet

2 violins, viola, cello

Basso continuo

Baroque accompaniment made up of a bass part usually played by two instruments: a keyboard plus a low melodic instrument.

Piano trio

piano, violin, cello