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*[[Drum set]]
*[[Drum set]]
*[[Electronic drum set]]
*[[Electronic drum set]]
+==Ensembles==
+The game even mentions different ensembles.
+===Orchestras===
+====Baroque orchestra====
+This was during [[Antonio Vivaldi]]'s time. The game even played the first movement from his Spring concerto. Note the harpsichord at the centre of the orchestra.
+====Classical orchestra====
+This was during [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s time. Brass instruments, as well as flutes and clarinets, began to appear.
+====19th-century orchestra====
+This was during [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s time, and boy, was it fun. More brass instruments and harps began to appear.
+====20th-century orchestra====
+This is the point where orchestras are at their biggest. Even more instruments were added, and sometimes, unusual instruments appeared in specific compositions.
+===Wind bands===
+====Marching band====
+{{Main|Marching band}}
+====Concert band====
+Essentially an orchestra without strings.
+===Jazz bands===
+====Small jazz band====
+Your typical four-piece jazz band, consisting of drums, double bass, piano or archtop guitar, and tenor saxophone or flugelhorn. Sometimes there's more or less than four members. Sometimes, all six aforementioned instruments play together.
+====Dixieland band====
+Dixieland is the earliest form of jazz and the heart and soul of [[New Orleans]]. A typical Dixieland jazz band includes a trumpet/cornet playing the melody, a trombone and a clarinet providing harmonies that weave around it, and the rhythm section, consisting of banjo, piano, double bass, and drums.
+====Jazz fusion band====
+When jazz fuses with rock, you get jazz fusion. A typical jazz fusion band consists of a soprano saxophone and lead guitar playing the melody, a Rhodes piano, a fretless bass guitar, and drums.
+====Big band====
+Oh yeah! Now we're talking. As they always sing, ''it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!'' A typical big band consists of four trumpets, four trombones, two alto saxophones, two tenor saxophones, a baritone saxophone, and the rhythm section (piano, guitar, double bass, and drums).
+===Steel band===
+Steel bands include steelpans and accompanying percussion instruments like drums, congas, and auxilliary percussion.
+===Gamelan orchestra===
+Gamelan is the traditional orchestral music of [[Java]] and [[Bali]].
+===Chamber groups===
+====Baroque trio sonata====
+In the 1700s, sonatas were among the more popular forms of classical music. A typical Baroque trio sonata features two recorders, a cello, and a harpsichord.
+====Piano trio====
+In a piano trio, the soothing voices of the violin and cello collide with the piano's percussive timbre.
+====Wind octet====
+A typical wind octet features four pairs of four different instruments: oboe, French horn, bassoon, and clarinet.
+====String quartet====
+By far one of the more popular chamber groups, the string quartet is made of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
+===Rock bands===
+====Rock and roll band====
+Rock had its beginning with rock and roll. Characterized by a fast, four bar beat and, in most cases, twelve-bar blues, a typical band consists of drums, double bass, piano, electric guitar, and saxophone.
+====Heavy metal band====
+Think [[Iron Maiden]] and [[DragonForce]]. You got your electric guitars, bass guitars, and drums, alongside screaming vocals.
+====Soft rock band====
+Think [[the Beatles]]. An electric guitar provides the melody, accompanied by the rhythmic strumming of an acoustic guitar, the harmony of a tenor saxophone, and the chords of a piano, while the bass guitar and drums lay out a smooth rhythm.
+====Pop band====
+This is the modern music scene in a nutshell. A typical 90s pop band includes synthesizers, drum machines/electronic drum kits, samplers, and electric and bass guitars. In the game, a Steinberger bass guitar was shown.
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