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001b Small Ensembles

This document defines small musical ensembles and their instrumentation. It lists common instruments used in ensembles like string quartets, woodwind quintets, and brass trios. Example ensembles named include The Seekers (folk group with vocals, guitar, bass, banjo), Abba (pop band with vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, drums), and The Beatles (rock band with vocals, guitar, bass, drums). The document suggests looking up small ensembles on YouTube to observe their use of musical concepts.

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001b Small Ensembles

This document defines small musical ensembles and their instrumentation. It lists common instruments used in ensembles like string quartets, woodwind quintets, and brass trios. Example ensembles named include The Seekers (folk group with vocals, guitar, bass, banjo), Abba (pop band with vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, drums), and The Beatles (rock band with vocals, guitar, bass, drums). The document suggests looking up small ensembles on YouTube to observe their use of musical concepts.

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This sheet was created by M.

Andrews

Small Ensembles
Look up the definition of the word ‘ensemble’ and write it in your own words:
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‘Chamber Music’ is a special type of music. Describe it in your own words & give 2
examples:
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List the instruments that are commonly found in the following small ensembles:

Ensemble Instruments
String Quartet
Woodwind Quintet
Brass Trio
Rock Band
Pop Band
Jazz Band
Barbershop Quartet
Folk Group
Death Metal Band
Piano Trio

Look up the following groups and list their ensemble type and the instruments that they
use:
Name Ensemble Type & instruments
The Seekers
Abba
The Beatles
Sydney Vixen
Strings
The Chambermaids
Peter, Paul & Mary
Kraftwerk
This sheet was created by M. Andrews
Together, we will use YouTube to look up some small ensembles and make some
observations about their use of the musical concepts:
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