Why does an orchestra have many people playing the same instruments? How does it add to the overall performance?

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Why does an orchestra have many people playing the same instruments? How does it add to the overall performance?

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Usually those instruments won’t be playing the same thing. For example, you might have one set of violins playing the main melody, another set of violins playing a harmony of that, and another set playing a higher/Lower harmony. If the instruments are playing the same part, it’s usually a choice to add more of one particular timbre (the sound of the instrument for lack of a better explanation)

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