Getting more songs in smart playlists?

Ok, so lets say I am trying to create a smart playlist of all of my classical concertos, I'm wondering how do I actually get the most songs out of this? If I add more selections to the playlists, I get less songs. Example: Name (contains) Concerto + Grouping (contains) Concerto = 898 songs however just Groupings (contains) Concerto = 901 songs. I'm slightly confused, shouldn't the extra tag get me more hits?

You use match all to narrow down a selection with multiple rules, or match any to join the results of several rules together. Sometimes to get exactly what you want you need nested combinations of both options.
E.g.
Match any
     Match all
          Rule 1
          Rule 2
     Match all
          Rule 3
          Rule 4
Would list anything that matches (rule 1 and rule 2) or (rule 3 and rule 4).
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