Even if you aren't a fan of classical music, you're probably at least familiar with what an orchestra is.

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or why is it even called an orchestra at all? And what exactly is a

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As with most subjects, it's necessary to define what you're talking about before you start

getting into it. So with that, what's an orchestra? An orchestra is a group of musicians who play together. That's it. That's what an orchestra is.

The term orchestra to refer to a collection of musicians didn't begin until the late 17th century in France and Italy.

Prior to that, an orchestra in Latin

meant the seating section of an arena for distinguished people,

aka the VIP section. You might be thinking that there is more to it.

For example, orchestras to have a large number of people, but that isn't necessarily the case. You can have a chamber orchestra which only has as few as four people.

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