Watch this Music Appreciation and Symphony Orchestra Instruments video entitled The Orchestra to learn the origin and development of all the symphonic instruments,including their prehistoric roots.
Use this K12 educational video to study and learn how the four families of musical instruments come together to make the Symphony Orchestra. Explore the history of musical performance from the harpists of ancient Egypt to the troubadours and jongleurs of medieval Europe to the modern symphony. Listen to samples of different types of music written for the orchestra, including Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.