full orchestra

collocation in English

meaningsoffullandorchestra

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full
adjective
uk
/fʊl/us
/fʊl/
(of a container or a space) holding or containing as much as possible or ...
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orchestra
noun
uk
/ˈɔː.kɪ.strə/us
/ˈɔːr.kə.strə/
a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together and are led by ...
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(Definition offullandorchestrafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffull orchestra

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The art of sound reproduction proposes to bring afullorchestrainto our living room.
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We may design many notes in the same way, creating for each its own envelope and timbre - it is like creating afullorchestra.
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The finale, where crescendoing strings, enriched through counterpoint and with thefullorchestrajoining them, is the piece's heart-on-sleeve climax.
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For the most part the singers are accompanied byfullorchestrathroughout their arias.
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Once again he dispenses with thefullorchestra, scoring for brass, timpani, percussion and strings.
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Scored for afullorchestra, it's a good-natured toccata that shakes itself awake with delicate tendrils of melody which pass around the orchestra as a sunny, summery pastorale gently emerges.
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His decision to write for afullorchestrarather than the original forces paid dividends, the better to capture the haunting, elusive atmosphere of the original verses.
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In the event, the sampler blended seamlessly into the richly varied timbres of thefullorchestra, leaving the soprano in the foreground with a full panoply of contemporary vocal techniques.
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If 51 is a "fiddle", 93 is thefullorchestra, wind and all.
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It is rather like listening to a prelude by thefullorchestrawith organ, to introduce a solo on the penny whistle.
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We need afullorchestrafor consumer protection, but we are to have this penny whistle.
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The industry has moved from being like a piano which usually wanted tuning badly to afullorchestra, and then back again to no orchestra at all.
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Their unique timbre allows them to project even against afullorchestraand through the heaviest of orchestrations and enhance articulation and nearly any dynamic.
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And how come he brought hisfullorchestrawith him?
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In this album the band used for the first time afullorchestraand choir and wrote for them suitable arrangements.
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The band even made a number of concert performances at this time with afullorchestrabacking them.
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Skyview received honors in their festival band (superior rating),fullorchestragroup (superior rating), and choir (superior rating) in the 2008 festival.
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Peters who knew the role, but had not yet ever performed on stage, or even sung with afullorchestra, accepted.
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During the silent era it featured afullorchestra.
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