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means A large group of musicians playing different instruments together, led by a conductor, usually performing classical music.
from From Greek 'orkhestra', the semicircular space in front of a Greek stage where the chorus danced and sang — from 'orkheisthai', meaning 'to dance.' The word originally named the floor, not the players; it migrated over centuries from the dancing ground itself to the musicians who eventually occupied that space.
- original meaning
- literally meant dancing place, not music
- string dominance
- roughly two-thirds of players are strings
- conductor's baton
- purely visual, makes zero actual sound
- seating logic
- loudest instruments sit farthest from audience