Classical Music Loops and Orchestral Loops and Sample CDs

My Cart

You have no items in your shopping cart.

Compare Products

You have no items to compare.

Community Poll

What is your favorite DAW?

Cubase
Logic
Pro Tools
Sonar
Ableton Live
Reason / Record
FL Studio
Digital Performer

Popular Tags

View All

Orchestral

Genre of music played by an orchestra which is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string, brass, woodwind sections, and almost always a percussion section as well. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus. A smaller-sized orchestra for this time period (of about fifty players or fewer) is called a chamber orchestra. A full-size orchestra (about 100 players) may sometimes be called a "symphony orchestra" or "philharmonic orchestra"; these modifiers do not necessarily indicate any strict difference in either the instrumental constitution or role of the orchestra, but can be useful to distinguish different ensembles based in the same city (for instance, the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra).