Trio (music)
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Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:
  • A group of three musician
    Musician
    A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

    s playing the same or different musical instrument
    Musical instrument
    A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...

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  • The performance of a piece of music by three people.
  • The contrasting section of a piece in ternary form
    Ternary form
    Ternary form, sometimes called song form, is a three-part musical form, usually schematicized as A-B-A. The first and third parts are musically identical, or very nearly so, while the second part in some way provides a contrast with them...

  • The contrasting section of a march
    March (music)
    A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's Götterdämmerung to the brisk military marches of John...

     and similar forms, which usually opens at the third strain
    Strain (music)
    A strain is a series of musical phrases that create a distinct melody of a piece. A strain is often referred to as a "section" of a musical piece. Often, a strain is repeated for the sake of instilling the melody clearly. This is so in ragtime and marches....

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  • Piano trio
    Piano trio
    A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...

     (piano, violin, cello)
  • String trio
    String trio
    A string trio is a group of three string instruments or a piece written for such a group. The term is generally used with reference to works of chamber music from the Classical period to the present.-History:...

     (violin, viola, cello)
  • Jazz trio
    Jazz trio
    The term "piano trio" in jazz usually refers to a group comprising a pianist, a double bass player and a drummer. The pianist is usually considered the leader of these trios, and trios are usually named after their pianist...

     (piano, bass, drum kit)
  • Clarinet-violin-piano trio
    Clarinet-violin-piano trio
    A clarinet-violin-piano trio is a standardized chamber musical ensemble made up of one clarinet, one violin, and one piano participating in relatively equal roles, or the name of a piece written for such a group....

     (clarinet, violin, piano)
  • Power trio
    Power trio
    A power trio is a rock and roll band format where the traditional power trio has a lineup of guitar, bass and drums, leaving out the rhythm guitar or keyboard that are used in other rock music to fill out the sound with chords...

     (electric guitar, bass guitar, drum kit)
  • Harmonica
    Harmonica
    The harmonica, also called harp, French harp, blues harp, and mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used primarily in blues and American folk music, jazz, country, and rock and roll. It is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes...

     trio (chromatic harmonica, bass harmonica, chord harmonica)
  • Horn trio
    Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
    The Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano by György Ligeti was completed in 1982. It is marked as an Homage to Johannes Brahms who wrote one of the only other examples of this genre.The Trio is in four movements:#Andante con tenerezza...

    (violin, horn, and piano)
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