I take the word orchestra in its broad sense as meaning any combination of instruments built upon a foundation of strings. This string foundation is the main feature in which an orchestra differs from a military band (of which the foundation is the cl...
I take the word orchestra in its broad sense as meaning any combination of instruments built upon a foundation of strings. This string foundation is the main feature in which an orchestra differs from a military band (of which the foundation is the clarinet family), or a brass band (wvith its foundation of the cornet family).