a quartet formed of one first violinist, one second violinist, one violist and one cellist
String quartet
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String orchestra
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a moderately large ensemble form only of first and second violins, cellos and double basses
Syllabic
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a musical setting is syllabic when one and only one note is related to one syllable in the text
Cancrizans
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Latin
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…
Jejy voatavo
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Malagasy string instrument with two adjacent faces, each with courses of strings, one with frets and one without, mounted on…
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