Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.

Ensemble instrumental music for up to about ten performers with typically one performer to a part.

  The term chamber music describes music suitable for performance in a chamber, meaning a room or small hall instead of a large concert hall. Today, chamber music is used to describe instrumental musi [..]

an ensemble consisting of only a few instruments and usually only one instrument to a part.

Music suitable for ensemble performance in intimate surroundings; especially, instrumental music with individual parts for two to eight or nine players.

music that is played by one person on a part: e.g. string quartet, trio sonata, solo sonata, etc.

Music played by small ensembles, such as a string quartet, with one performer to a part.

Music that is written for a small ensemble of musicians in a small room (or chamber), usually without a conductor, and each having their own part to play. Often a string quartet. chimes - a row of small, thin tubular bells that are brushed with the hand or gently with a drumstick or mallet. Chimes are often used in a soft ballad. See also &quot [..]

Music that can be played by between two and ten players, in a small room or chamber, is sometimes called chamber music. The classical composer Haydn wrote a lot of chamber music.

music that is generally designed to be performed in the intimate setting of a room, rather than in a large, public concert hall (though chamber music is often performed in large concert halls these da [..]

A term which originally referred to music not intended for the church, the theatre, or public concert hall. It no longer implies a place of performance, but refers to music written for three, four or more instruments played with one instrument to a “part”, all the parts having equal importance.

Music for a small ensemble, generally one player to a part.