Ensembles

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A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who have come together to play music. In theory, an ensemble could contain any number of instruments in any combination, but in practice, certain combinations just don’t work very well, either for musical reasons or because of the sheer practicality of getting particular instruments and players together in the first place. Why do Musical Ensembles Form? Ensembles can develop instinctively. When ...

Source: The Illustrated Complete Musical Instruments Handbook, general editor Lucien Jenkins
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