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  2. String orchestra - Wikipedia

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    A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first and second violin players (each usually playing different parts), the viola, the cello, and usually, but not always, the double bass.

  3. List of string instruments - Wikipedia

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    Toggle Stringed instruments with keyboards subsection. 5.1 Struck. 5.2 Plucked. 5.3 Bowed. 5.4 Other/hybrid. 6 Stringed instruments by country. 7 References. 8 See also.

  4. String instrument - Wikipedia

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    In musical instrument classification, string instruments or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner. Musicians play some string instruments, like guitars, by plucking the strings with their fingers or a plectrum (pick), and others by hitting the ...

  5. Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    An orchestra ( / ˈɔːrkɪstrə /; OR-ki-strə) [ 1] is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Woodwinds, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon ...

  6. Category:Compositions for string orchestra - Wikipedia

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    Capriol Suite. Celtic Voices and Hale Bopp. Concerto for Double String Orchestra (Tippett) Concerto for Piano, Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) Concerto for Two Violins (Bach) Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra (Arnold) Concerto for Violin and Strings (Mendelssohn) Concerto funebre. Concerto Grosso (Vaughan Williams)

  7. String section - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Category:Orchestral instruments - Wikipedia

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    String section‎ (5 P) V. Violin family instruments‎ (6 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Orchestral instruments" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 ...

  9. Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    String instruments: harp, violins, violas, cellos, basses, frequently abbreviated to 'str', 'strs' or similar. If any soloists or a choir are called for, their parts are usually printed between the percussion/keyboards and the strings in the score. The basic order of the instruments, as seen above, is common to all of the shorthand systems.

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