Dance Bands typically feature both male and female singers performing the lyrics so intrinsic to most all dance music. Dance Bands can break down into a smaller group playing music as a background sound during dinner conversation saving the louder, more energetic danceable tunes for later.

Dance Bands come in different sizes:

4-PIECE BANDS can sound surprisingly full. These typically utilize keyboard, bass, drums, & guitar. Horn parts are synthesized. Most instrumentalists also sing. These smaller bands tend to be all male. Hear samples on page right.

5-PIECE BANDS add saxophone/flute and add a lead female singer in addition to the male singer/ instrumentalists.They can play a greater range of music styles and tune titles. Hear samples on page right.

7 to 9-PIECE BANDS have a full horn section first adding trumpet, then trombone. They have more than one lead singer. They can often have choreographed dancers for more visual show. Hear samples on page right.