There are a number of other types of quartets, two of the more common ones you may come across are the wind quartet and the vocal quartet.

Wind Quartet

Often a wind instrument (eg. flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon) will replace one of the violins (the first) – so the line up would be

• Wind
• Violin
• Viola
• Cello

Or they can be made up of four wind instruments

For example:

• Flute
• Oboe
• Clarinet
• Bassoon

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Vocal quartet

A vocal quartet Is made up of four singers:

• soprano
• alto
• tenor
• bass

These vocal quartets can be acapella (without any instruments) or accompanied by instruments.

Vocal quartets can also appear as part of larger musical compositions like symphonies, or operas.

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