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Capella, Symphony and Lock Down trends

Capella is a genre of music that does not use instruments, but uses voice itself to emulate the sounds of instruments. A wide range of music genres has been attempted in this style and it definitely is challenging in terms of harmonizing. In a Symphony or Orchestra, Wind instruments, Bowed String instruments, Brass instruments, Percussion instruments are all included along with Vocals are played in harmony. The Symphony family is as large as seventy to hundred musicians. Pieces are specifically written and they are usually of longer duration than a song. In a Concerto, an instrument takes the lead with other musicians donning a supporting role. A Chamber orchestra is a smaller version of Symphony Orchestra with up to fifty musicians. Depending upon the occasion, pieces and size of stage number of musicians and the format of a concert is decided. All kinds of artists suffered terribly with the pandemic hitting globally. Lock down protocols did not allow musicians to get together for a