a moderately large ensemble form only of first and second violins, cellos and double basses
String orchestra
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String quartet
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a quartet formed of one first violinist, one second violinist, one violist and one cellist
Ternary form
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a three section form in which the first section A is repeated, often with some changes, after a middle section B, thus the fo…
Cancrizans
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a tune repeated so that the original order of notes is reversed the last note become the first, the penultimate note becomes…
First ending
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where a section is repeated, the composer may wish to vary the sectional ending, whether first ending or second ending, as a…
Rounded binary
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compositional form with two sections, in which the second ends with a return to material from the first, each section is usua…
Tuning peg
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a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…
Tuning pin
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a peg, usually of wood, or a pin, usually of steel, around which a string runs, and which, when turned, increases or decrease…
String music
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Music especially composed for string instruments