Baroque instruments

The typical orchestra of the Baroque period was based on string instruments (violin, viola) and continuo.

[2] A continuous bass was the rule in Baroque music; its absence is worth mentioning and has a reason, such as describing fragility.

A group may consist of cello, double bass (an octave lower) and organ.

The trumpet is the royal instrument of the Baroque, representing secular and divine majesty.

Recorders (flauti dolci) are sometimes used to express humility or poverty, such as in Bach's cantata Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39.