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- What instruments are in a trio?
- What is the form of a trio?
- How many instruments play in a trio?
- Why is a minuet and trio called a trio?
What instruments are in a trio?
Ensemble. Derived from the compositions, trio often denotes a group of three solo instruments or voices. The most common types of such compositions are the piano trio of typically piano, violin and cello, and the string trio of commonly violin, viola and cello.
What is the form of a trio?
Compound Ternary or Trio Form
In a trio form each section is a dance movement in binary form (two sub-sections which are each repeated) and a contrasting trio movement also in binary form with repeats. An example is the Minuet and Trio from the Haydn's Surprise Symphony.
How many instruments play in a trio?
Trio, a musical composition for three instruments or voices, or a group of three performers.
Why is a minuet and trio called a trio?
In Baroque courtly entertainments, especially in France, it was common to provide dances in pairs that could be alternated to avoid monotony. Changes in scoring could heighten the contrast, so a string-dominated, four-part minuet could be followed by a lighter dance for, say, three wind instruments – a 'trio'.
