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search  The string section is the largest body of the standard
orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin
family. It normally comprises five sections: the first violins,
the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double
basses (or basses). In discussions of the instrumentation of a
musical work, the phrase "and strings" is used to indicate a
string section as just defined.  In music of the classical
period, the cellos and double basses often play from the same
music, their parts usually being notated on a single staff, with
the bassist's written notes sounding one octave lower than
written.[1]   The term is also used to describe a group of bowed
string instruments used in rock, pop, jazz and commercial
music.[2] In this context the size and composition of the string
section is less standardised, and usually smaller, than a
classical complement.[3]  Seating arrangemen