String section
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string-section-161-643105
title:
String section
text:
The string section is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. It normally consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. It is the most numerous group in the standard orchestra. In discussions of the instrumentation of a musical work, the phrase "the strings" or "and strings" is used to indicate a string section as just defined. An orchestra consisting solely of a string section is called a string orchestra. Smaller string sections are sometimes us
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Section of a symphony orchestra composed of string instruments
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_section
date created:
2007-04-16T04:19:31Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T07:10:51Z
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13
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