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A string quintet has 20 strings - 2 violins, 2 violas, 1 cello of 2 violins, 1 viola and 2 cellos
A quintet is usually comprised of 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, and 1 double bass. I have seen variations of that though. One example is a quintet by Schubert (op. 163), which calls for 2 cellos--the second one replacing the double bass.
Violas are bigger in size and have a low C string and not a high E string. The violins have the high E string.
The string quintet played beautifully all evening.
In brief, a string quartet is accompanied with a piano. A string quintet has two violins, a viola and a cello.
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Five, since a quartet is a form of four, and quintet a form of five. Sextet would be the form for a six instrument piece.
A string quintet has five string instruments, either as 2 violins, 2 violas and one violoncello (as the Mozart string quintets, K. 174, K. 515, K. 516, K. 516b (406), K. 593 & K. 614 or Brahms' 2 string quintets, op. 88 & op. 111) or as 2 violins, one viola and 2 violoncellos (as the numerous Boccherini string quintets). However there is another category with a standard string quartet and a double bass, sometimes referred to as a string quintet.
Most often in the classical music genre, a string quintet is comprised of two violins, a viola, a cello, and a double bass.
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3. There are two sections of violins, 1 section of violas, and 1 section of cellos.
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