Quintet

:This article is about quintets. For the videogame developer, see Quintet (developer). For the film, see Quintet (film).

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Quintet (developer) - Quintet (film)

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A quintet is a formation containing exactly five members.

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It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single unit.

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In classical instrumental music, any additional instrument (such as a piano, clarinet, oboe, etc.) joined to a the usual string quartet (two violins, a viola, and a cello), gives the resulting ensemble its name, such as "piano quintet", "clarinet quintet", etc. A piece of music written for such a group is similarly named.

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Classical instrumental music - Piano - Clarinet - Oboe - String quartet - Violin - Viola - Cello - Piano quintet

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In jazz music a quintet is any group of five players, usually containing a drum set (pedal bass, snaredrum sometimes brushed, and top hat and brushed cymbals), string bass or electric bass, and groups of one or two of the following instruments, guitar, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, or trombone.

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Jazz music - Drum set - Cymbal - String bass - Electric bass - Guitar - Trumpet - Saxophone - Clarinet - Trombone

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In some modern bands there are quintets formed from the same family of instruments with various voices, as an all brass ensemble, or all saxophones, in soprano, alto, baritone, and bass, and sometimes double bass. The standard woodwind quintet, for example, consists of one player each on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and French horn, while the standard brass quintet has two trumpets, French horn, trombone, and tuba. Any combination, however, is possible.

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Brass - Saxophone - Soprano - Alto - Baritone - Bass - Double bass - Woodwind quintet - Flute - Oboe - Clarinet - Bassoon - French horn - Trumpet - Trombone - Tuba

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