[Listening extract audio not available in printed QP. Skeleton score in Insert.] Four recorders of different sizes play a Renaissance dance. All belong to t...
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Four recorders of different sizes play a Renaissance dance. All belong to the same family.
What term describes a group of instruments from the same family playing together? [1]
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The term for a group of instruments from the same family playing together is a consort (or more specifically, a whole consort). [1]
In Renaissance music, a consort referred to a group of instruments performing together. A whole consort (or full consort) consists entirely of instruments from the same family, such as four recorders of different sizes (soprano, alto, tenor, bass). A broken consort, by contrast, mixes instruments from different families (for example, a recorder, a viol, and a lute playing together). In this question, since all four instruments are recorders (belonging to the same woodwind family), the group forms a whole consort. The different sizes of recorder cover different pitch ranges, allowing the ensemble to produce a balanced, blended sound across soprano, alto, tenor, and bass registers.
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