What role does the violin in the orchestra?

Answer 1

Just find any orchestral recording and listen to it yourself! Don't ask without thinking!!
The violin is usually for melody and is meant for high pitch and mood determination. It usually has one of the major parts in the music.

the first violin plays the highest part, and the second violin usually plays the same or around the same as a viola. Melody and Harmony usually switch off.
it varies according to what song you are playing. like, orignally, the violin had the melody, but that's called being 1st violin (not to be confused with 1st chair violin), then usally the 2nd violin has the harmony of the 1st violins. But, in some cases the violas might have the melody..... so yeah hope it helped a bit! :D

Mainly, the violin has the melody or counter-melody. The first violins (not 1st chair) are usually with the melody and the second violins have some sort of counter-melody. But there are certain songs in which case the violins, in general, are put to the accompaning role, while another section of the orchestra (i.e. violas, celloes and basses) have the melody