Quintet

:This article is about quintets. For the videogame developer, see Quintet (developer). For the film, see 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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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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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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Quintet (developer): Quintet is a videogame developer which created games such as ActRaiser, Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, Robotrek and Granstream Saga, among others. The current status of Quintet is unclear....

Quintet (film): Quintet is an post-apocalyptic science fiction film by Robert Altman produced in 1979. It features among others Paul Newman, Brigitte Fossey, Bibi Andersson and Vittorio Gassman....

Piano: This article is about the modern musical instrument. For other meanings, see piano (disambiguation)....

Quintet related Images and Photos (experimental)

Bill Evans Quintet - Jazz Showcase (Bill Evans)	Eric Dolphy Quintet Outward Bound	Charlie Parker Quintet at Birdland New York City 1953	Brass and String Quintet
Modern Jazz Quartet and Milt Jackson Quintet - MJQ