Orchestral
[ɔː'kestr(ə)l] or [ɔr'kɛstrəl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or composed for an orchestra; 'orchestral score' .
Checked by Harriet--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to an orchestra; suitable for, or performed in or by, an orchestra.
Editor: Rosanne
Examples
- Guitar and mandolin are agreeable instruments for amateurs, but are never used in orchestral music. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In orchestral music the various instruments are grouped somewhat as shown in Figure 192. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Its songs, orchestral and solo renditions, and its humorous monologue reproductions constitute to-day a great library of wax cylinders, regularly catalogued and sold by the thousands. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Rosanne