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Tell me, what's the difference between a band and an orchestra?

Well, a band is composed of wind instruments and woodwind instruments where an orchestra also has string instruments, that's the big difference.

So the string instruments are composed of violin, viola, cello, and bass.

Oh, thank you so much for that.

No problem.

Hi, Greg It's so good to see you.

Hi Vi, good to see you.

So I am so excited to be here.

But I have a question for you.

How is it that you know to sit there, and everybody knows where they're supposed to sit in an orchestra?

Well, we're told where to sit so that we stay together with our family of instruments.

All the string players sit with their instruments so we can stay as a unit.

And everybody knows where exactly they're supposed to be sitting, the strings and everybody else, I'm looking around, They seem to know where they're supposed to be?

Yeah.

It's a it's a very regimented situation.

That's amazing.

Thank you so much Greg.

I'm so thrilled to be here.

How do you warm up as a percussion instrument?

How does that work?

Well, it all starts with a good stretch, stretching the arms, the wrist, the fingers, making sure everything is feeling good.

Blood's flowing.

Don't want to strain ourselves too much before we have to play a bunch of notes.

Right.

The next thing I want to do is practice my scales.

So in this piece, the 1812 Overture, we're going to be playing the E-flat Major Scales.

I'm going to get up on the chimes and practice to make sure I know where my notes are, and I know where to look and where to aim.

Oh that's amazing.

Just simply amazing.

I'm glad you like it.

Thank you so much, Ryan.

Thank you, Roger.

George!

It's so good to see you.

Great to see you Vi.

How are you?

I am so excited.

So I want to ask, I was watching everybody and saw everybody's bows were moving exactly the same way.

How is it and why is it that that happens?

Well, we decide that before the concert because we want everything to match up.

And also, our sound works better if we're all doing the same down bow or up bow at the same time.

Not only does it look good, but it sounds smashing.

Thank you so much.

I can't tell you how wonderful it is to be here and to get to see you play here with the whole orchestra.

It's so fabulous.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you so much George.

Absolutely.

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