The string section in a piece of music is the melody played by string instruments such as the violin, cello or viola. The string section in an orchestra is the string instruments in the orchestra, again the violin, cello and viola.

The String Section

The string section.

It is sometimes used when referring to the string section of the orchestra.

The string section is made up of: violins, violas, cellos and double basses.

By numbers, it's the string section. A full-sized orchestra has around 60 string players