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Question by darthyutsi: What instruments did Tchaikovsky use in The Nutcracker?
What instruments did Tchaikovsky use in The Nutcracker, and what track was each instrument used on?
Please be more specific about which tracks use what.
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Answer by Daniel
AN ENTIRE ORCHESTRA
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del_icious_manager says
3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo)
2 oboes
1 cor anglais
2 clarinets
1 bass clarinet
2 bassoons
4 horns
2 trumpets
3 trombones
1 tuba
Timpani
Percussion
2 harps
Celeste
Strings
The Nutcracker is nearly 90 minutes long. I have no intention of breaking-down the instrumentation for each number.
Katie says
Brass and Woodwind
Some Percussion
goodros_nemesis says
Tchaikovsky was very good with instrumentation, and he actually features different instruments in different movements.
The Character Dance utilizes a chamber orchestra: Violins, violas, cellos, flute, oboe, and triangle.
The Chinese Dance features a piccolo, a flute, and a bassoon, with strings, clarinet, and xylophone accompaniment.
The Dance of the Mirlitons (Sugar Plum Fairies) features a flute trio, with english horn on the bridge solo.
The Dragon's Dance features a celeste, with a full orchestra accompaniment, including strings, bassoons, french horns, trombones, bass and Bb clarinet, oboes and flutes.
The March features the brass section, with trumpets, french horns, and trombones. String accompaniment.
The Russian dance uses a full orchestra, including several percussion instruments.
The Waltz of the Flowers features a harp solo, a french horn quartet, and a cello soli section. The full orchestra backs this one up.
Joy says
a symphony orchestra including harp and some other weird instrument in Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Dad411 says
Tchaikovsky died in 1893. There was no multi tracking used at that time.
Dewgong says
dance of the sugar plum fairies used the celesta
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