Orchestra vs. Band

Orchestranoun

(music) A large group of musicians who play together on various instruments, usually including some from strings, woodwind, brass and/or percussion; the instruments played by such a group.

Orchestranoun

A semicircular space in front of the stage used by the chorus in Ancient Greek and Hellenistic theatres.

Orchestranoun

The area in a theatre or concert hall where the musicians sit, immediately in front of and below the stage, sometimes (also) used by other performers.

Orchestranoun

The space in a theater between the stage and the audience; - originally appropriated by the Greeks to the chorus and its evolutions, afterward by the Romans to persons of distinction, and by the moderns to a band of instrumental musicians. Now commonly called orchestra pit, to distinguish it from the section of the main floor occupied by spectators.

Orchestranoun

The space in the main floor of a theater in which the audience sits; also, the forward spectator section of the main floor, in distinction from the parterre, which is the rear section of the main floor.

Orchestranoun

The place in any public hall appropriated to a band of instrumental musicians.

Orchestranoun

Loosely: A band of instrumental musicians performing in a theater, concert hall, or other place of public amusement.

Orchestranoun

The instruments employed by a full band, collectively; as, an orchestra of forty stringed instruments, with proper complement of wind instruments.

Orchestranoun

a musical organization consisting of a group of instrumentalists including string players

Orchestranoun

seating on the main floor in a theater

Orchestra

An orchestra (; Italian: [orˈkɛstra]) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families, including bowed string instruments such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bass woodwinds such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon brass instruments such as the horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba percussion instruments such as the timpani, snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, and mallet percussion instrumentseach grouped in sections. Other instruments such as the piano, harpsichord, and celesta may sometimes appear in a fifth keyboard section or may stand alone as soloist instruments, as may the concert harp and, for performances of some modern compositions, electronic instruments and guitars.A full-size Western orchestra may sometimes be called a symphony orchestra or philharmonic orchestra (from Greek phil-, , and ).

Bandnoun

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

Bandnoun

A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

Bandnoun

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

Bandnoun

A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

Bandnoun

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

Bandnoun

A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

Bandnoun

(architecture) A strip of decoration.

Bandnoun

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

Bandnoun

In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

Bandnoun

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

Bandnoun

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Bandnoun

(in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Bandnoun

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Bandnoun

(physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

Bandnoun

(obsolete) A bond.

Bandnoun

(obsolete) Pledge; security.

Bandnoun

A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

Bandnoun

(sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc

Bandnoun

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Bandnoun

A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

Bandnoun

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.

Bandnoun

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

Bandnoun

A marching band.

Bandnoun

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose a band of thieves.

Bandnoun

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.

Bandnoun

(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Bandverb

To fasten with a band.

Bandverb

To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Bandverb

(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

Bandnoun

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

Bandnoun

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

Bandnoun

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

Bandnoun

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Bandnoun

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Bandnoun

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.

Bandnoun

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

Bandnoun

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals; as, a high school's marching band.

Bandnoun

A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

Bandnoun

A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.

Bandnoun

A belt or strap.

Bandnoun

A bond.

Bandnoun

Pledge; security.

Bandverb

To bind or tie with a band.

Bandverb

To mark with a band.

Bandverb

To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

Bandverb

To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

Bandverb

To bandy; to drive away.

Band

imp. of Bind.

Bandnoun

an unofficial association of people or groups;

Bandnoun

instrumentalists not including string players

Bandnoun

a stripe of contrasting color;

Bandnoun

a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

Bandnoun

a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

Bandnoun

a range of frequencies between two limits

Bandnoun

something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs

Bandnoun

jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;

Bandnoun

a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

Bandnoun

a restraint put around something to hold it together

Bandverb

bind or tie together, as with a band

Bandverb

attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify;