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A sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments.
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Why does the orchestra tune to the oboe?
Other instruments drifted in and out of the orchestra – flutes, bassoon, French horns, clarinets – before it’s instrumentation became relatively standardized as we know it today. … Source: Why does the orchestra always tune to the oboe?
And reading the link provided by @leftaroundabout in Why tune to the oboe? we can say the reason there is mostly because of historial reasons. …
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Why does the orchestra tune to the oboe?
Most of the time, an orchestra will tune to the oboe.
Why is that? What is the next instrument if, for some reason, there are no oboes? …