String section

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In music, the string section, or collectively "the strings", of an orchestra is composed of bowed instruments belonging to the violin family. A typical string section consists of first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses, usually being the most numerous group in a standard orchestra. Smaller string sections are sometimes used in jazz, pop, and rock music and in the pit orchestras of musical theatre. An orchestra that is exclusively a string section is referred to as a string orchestra.

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