Sextet
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A sextet (or hexad) is a formation containing exactly six members. It is commonly associated with vocal ensembles (e.g. The King's Singers, Affabre Concinui) or musical instrument groups, but can be applied to any situation where six similar or related objects are considered a single unit.[1][2]
Many musical compositions are named for the number of musicians for which they are written. If a piece is written for six performers, it may be called a "sextet". Steve Reich's "Sextet" is written for six percussionists.
In jazz music a sextet is any group of six players, usually containing a drum set (bass drum, snare drum, hi-hat, ride cymbal), string bass or electric bass, piano, and various combinations of the following or other instruments: guitar, trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, trombone.
In heavy metal and rock music, a sextet typically contains, but is not restricted to, a lead vocalist, two guitarists, a bassist, drummer, and keyboardist.
String sextets
See String sextet
Piano sextets
See Piano sextet
Sextets in rock, heavy metal, and hip hop
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Bleeding Through
- Chimaira
- Cradle of Filth
- Dark Tranquillity (since 1998)
- Despised Icon
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Dimmu Borgir
- The Doobie Brothers
- DragonForce
- Electric Six
- Foreigner
- Forever in Terror
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
- Guns N' Roses (1990-1998)
- The Human League (1981-1995)
- Ill Niño
- INXS
- Iron Maiden (since 1999)
- Jefferson Airplane
- Kansas
- King Crimson
- King Diamond (since 2003)
- Lacuna Coil
- Leaves' Eyes
- Linkin Park
- Mink DeVille
- Nappy Roots
- Neurosis
- New Edition
- Procol Harum
- The Pussycat Dolls (2003-2010 quintet)
- Rammstein
- Mayday Parade
- Soilwork
- Styx
- Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky
- Underoath
- Whitechapel
- Whitesnake
Other sextets
- Erno von Dohnanyi
- Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, String Trio, and Piano
- Krzysztof Penderecki
- Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, String Trio, and Piano
References
- ^ "Sextet - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ "sextet - definition of sextet by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia". Thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2013-09-15.