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Roughly said, the orchestra is a group of instrumentalists playing a variety of instruments. Here aree some more opinions on what an orchestra is, but in more words:
A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.
A performing body of diverse instruments. In the context of Western art music, it refers to the symphony orchestra, an ensemble consisting of a core group of strings of the violin family, to which have been added smaller groups of woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments.
An ensemble of players of musical instruments arranged in sections - the strings, the woodwind and brass and the percussion, plus occasionally a harp or a piano.
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