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string section

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  1. string section, stringsnoun

    the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments

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  1. String section

    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 used in jazz, pop, and rock music and in the pit orchestras of musical theatre.

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  1. string section

    A string section is a part of an orchestra or other musical ensemble made up of string instruments, specifically the larger instruments played with a bow, such as violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. The string section typically forms the backbone of the ensemble and often plays the main melody or harmonic parts in a composition.

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  1. String section

    The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family. It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses. In discussions of the instrumentation of a musical work, the phrase "and strings" is used to indicate a string section as just defined. In music of the classical period, the cellos and double basses often play from the same music, their parts usually being notated on a single staff, with the bassist's written notes sounding one octave lower than written. An orchestra consisting solely of a string section is called a string orchestra. The term is also used to describe a group of bowed string instruments used in rock, pop, jazz and commercial music. In this context the size and composition of the string section is less standardised, and usually smaller, than a classical complement.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of string section in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of string section in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1


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