Editing Multi-instrumentalist (section)

==Classical music==
Some famous classical composer-performers could play multiple instruments at a high level, such as [[Mozart]], who was a virtuoso on the keyboard and violin. Music written for [[symphony orchestra]] usually calls for a [[percussion]] section featuring a number of musicians who might each play a variety of different instruments during a performance. Orchestras will also often, but not always, call for several members of the [[woodwind]] section to be multi-instrumentalists. This is sometimes referred to as doubling. Typically, for example, one [[flute]] player in the orchestra will switch to playing the [[piccolo]] or [[alto flute]] when called to by the score. Similarly, [[clarinet]] players may double on [[bass clarinet]], [[oboe]] players on [[cor anglais]], and [[bassoon]] players on [[contrabassoon]]. [[Trumpet]] players may switch to [[piccolo trumpet]] for certain Baroque literature, and first [[trombone]] players may switch to [[alto trombone]]. [[Bass trombone]] players are sometimes required to double on [[contrabass trombone]], most notably in [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]'s ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' operas. [[organ (music)|Organ]] players are also commonly expected to master the [[harpsichord]] as well. Doubling elsewhere in the orchestra is rare. With [[musical theatre]] [[pit orchestra]]s, woodwind players are expected to play a large number of woodwind instruments.