orchestral
- adjective
- /ɔrˈkɛstrəl/
- Today's full-featured music notation programs, for example, include sound libraries containing many fundamental orchestral and popular music sounds.
- orchestral music
- orchestral instruments
- orchestral piece
And then kind of like too much fanservice, turn that into something more orchestral.
- And then kind of like too much fanservice, turn that into something more orchestral.
Examples
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In addition, El Sistema students study primarily specific orchestral repertoire based on their current skill level.
Academic text (2012) -
The music squealed and tittered from inside, a stiff orchestral arrangement of a popular dance number.
Fiction book (1997) -
No better example exists of his approach to the art of orchestral playing.
Academic text (2011) -
For example, a music teacher might investigate an orchestral piece as a work of beauty.
Academic text (1990) -
So I came to Wagner first of all from a purely musical and orchestral point of view.
Academic text (1998) -
However, the current status of orchestral training in the United States is not as clear-cut as this.
Academic text (2012) -
No better example exists of Szell's approach to the art of orchestral playing.
Academic text (2011) -
Neither was it backed by orchestral accompaniment, swelling and fading with the emotions I experienced.
Academic text (2009) -
Invariably, in discussions of women's ability to function as orchestral musicians, the issue of stamina was raised.
Academic text (1993) -
The symphony featured a beautiful orchestral arrangement that filled the concert hall with rich sounds.
Synonyms
Having a rich, organized sound like a full orchestra
Relating to a symphony orchestra or its players
Compounds
A set of metal bars on a frame played with small hammers to make clear, ringing sounds
How Orchestral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word orchestral comes from orchestra plus the ending -al, and orchestra came from an old Greek word for a 'dancing place' where singers and players performed. So orchestral means 'relating to an orchestra' or music made for a large group of instruments.