string orchestras
Violin-family chamber ensembles
String orchestras are ensembles composed entirely or primarily of stringed instruments, typically violins, violas, cellos, and double basses.
Unlike full symphony orchestras, they exclude wind, brass, and percussion sections, creating a unified timbral quality suited to baroque and classical repertoire as well as contemporary compositions written specifically for strings.
The string orchestra performed a moving rendition of Barber's Adagio.
School music programs often form string orchestras as training grounds before students advance to full orchestral settings.
- violinsBowed stringed instruments
- first violinsPrincipal violin section
- violasAlto-range bowed strings
- cellosLarge bowed strings
- conductorsThose who direct ensembles
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