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  1. What is the name for a group of five? - Music: Practice & Theory Stack ...

    Jun 23, 2014 · As in Schubert’s Trout Quintet? It must be one of the best known, quite likely the best known piece for any quintet.

  2. Wind quintet or sextet minus one - Music: Practice & Theory Stack …

    Feb 5, 2024 · The situation with the quintet missing a player (scenario 2) is a little easier because there are some pieces for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon and many more for standard woodwind quartet …

  3. violin - Limitations of String Instruments - Music: Practice & Theory ...

    Dec 28, 2016 · I, a woodwind player, am attempting to compose a string quintet. My question is this: what are the physical limitations of the violin, viola, cello, and double bass?

  4. Is this too high for a French horn (college level)?

    Apr 22, 2025 · 4 I am orchestrating a piano piece for wind quintet, and I just want to check if this part is playable by a French horn: I could also adjust the slur to start on the first note of m1 and m3, if that …

  5. brass - Can a baritone be used for a trombone part? - Music: Practice ...

    Jun 16, 2017 · I am making a brass quintet, and I need two trumpets, a horn, a trombone, and a tuba. I have all except the trombone. Can a baritone substitute for the trombone part? Will it have a similar …

  6. Naming of common Instrumental groupings - Music: Practice & Theory ...

    Jan 16, 2019 · X quintet String quintet adds a fifth string instrument to a string quartet. Most often another viola or cello but occasionally a double bass or a third violin. X quintet where X is a specific …

  7. engraving - Rest Collision Error on in lilypond - Music: Practice ...

    In a project of mine, one of the staves, whenever I put anything in it that isn't a full bar rest throws up a "cannot resolve rest collision: rest direction not set ...

  8. How do I use full bar rests in LilyPond with long bar lengths?

    I am working with a file that has some bars of very long duration (the first bar of the piece is in 20/8), and simply putting R1 will not give me a full bar rest. In the following bar of 8/8, it wo...

  9. How to write a string quartet - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange

    Jan 15, 2021 · I have major problems with writing for the string quartet. I have studied 4-part-writing for some time now, but I still have very little clue about how to expand from the basic chorale texture, …

  10. Why such a difference in balance adding 1 instrument?

    1 I am writing a canon for piano quintet and I notice I'm getting a lot of balance issues. When it starts with 2 measures of piano solo, of course there are no such issues. I introduce new variations in the …