Quartet vs Quintet - What's the difference?
quartet | quintet |
(music) A music composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument.
(music) The set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts.
A group of four.
(music) A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
(music) A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
Any group of five members
In lang=en terms the difference between quartet and quintet
is that quartet is the set of four musicians who perform a piece of music together in four parts while quintet is a group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together.quartet
English
(wikipedia quartet)Alternative forms
* quartetteNoun
(en noun)- A string quartet .
- A quartet of violinists .