bass, viola, piano, bassoon, oboe, French horn, timpani, flute, clarinet, trumpet and sometimes trombone.
             They were used usually in even numbers of each to give a full sound, with up to sixty instruments used in total.
             The strings are the most important section of the orchestra; they are the most versatile and flexible and play almost continuously in most scores. The woodwinds are next in importance; they add colour to the string sound and in some passages carry the melody. Of the brass, the French horn is the most useful, since
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