bowed strings
Arco section instruments
Bowed strings are the instruments of an orchestra played with a bow—violin, viola, cello, and double bass.
The term distinguishes these from plucked strings like guitars and harps.
In a score, the bowed strings enter at measure forty.
String sections are sometimes called simply "the strings," with bowing assumed.
- arcoPlay with bow
- celloDeep-voiced bowed instrument
- kemençeBowed folk lute
- violaMidrange bowed instrument
- first violinOrchestra's leading string player
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sound production method
bowed stringspizzicato
String-plucking technique
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instrument family in orchestration
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