An orchestra frequently tunes to an A provided by which instrument?
A (musical note) A (musical note) La or A is the sixth note of the fixed-do solfège. Its enharmonic equivalents are B ("Heses") which is a diatonic semitone above A and G (Gisis) which is a diatonic semitone below A. "A" is generally used as a standard for tuning. When the orchestra tunes, the oboe plays an "A" and the rest of the instruments tune to match that pitch. Every string instrument in the orchestra has an A string, from which each player can tune the rest of their instrument. "A" is also used in combination with a number (e.g. A-440) to label
Brighton Bottle Orchestra Brighton Bottle Orchestra The Brighton Bottle Orchestra was a four-member band based in Brighton, England, which toured nationwide playing classical musical tunes on bottles for comic effect. Similar to a glass harmonica or a glass harp, the bottles were filled with different amounts of water to tune them and they were played by blowing across the rims of the bottles which were arranged similar to the tubes of a pan flute. Members of the orchestra included Peter Miller and Terry Garoghan. The comic effect is made by trying to get complicated tunes out of a fairly simple musical instrument; it