music ensemble

Band or orchestra

A music ensemble is a group of musicians who perform together.

The term covers everything from duets to full orchestras, though it often implies smaller groups: a string ensemble, a jazz ensemble, a vocal ensemble.

She joined the university's early music ensemble.

Ensemble alone can mean the same thing.

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cover band · house band · garage band · choir · concert band · string quartet · duo · jazz band · philharmonic · sextet · marching band · pep band · octet · nonet · trio · sinfonietta · barbershop quartet · church choir

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number of performers

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Unaccompanied performer

solo artist · solo act · one-man band

organization and coordination

music ensemblesilence

Total lack of sound

cacophony · noise · dissonance

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