Do violins play in the orchestra?

Answer 1

Violins provide the soprano and alto voices of the string ensemble (with tenor provided by the violas and bass by the 'cellos and reinforced by the string basses.)

Violins are split into two groups in an orchestra, the first and second violins. the firsts play the melody and the seconds vary between the lower melody and the harmony.

The violins provide a unique melodic voice. The other major melody instruments, oboe, Flute, Clarinet and Trumpet, are all wind instruments. While the winds can articulate their range of articulation is more limited than strings. Likewise, the tonal characteristics of the winds are more limited than that of the strings. Violins, in sections, as in an orchestra, provide a sound (referred to in engineering terms as 'chorusing' which cannot be reproduced by any wind instrument. And the one effect that wind instruments can only dream of is pizzacato, when the string players pluck their strings.

Additionally, the violins can play more than one note at a time, and can produce more parts than any equivalent wind section, since each of the two usual sections can be split again, or more times, as desired by the composer.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

The 'cello (the apostrophe is proper as the real name of the instrument is 'Violoncello') is the bass of the string section, although it has the ability to carry the tenor part as well. Like the other strings, its tone and articulations are quite variable, and it is capable of playing melodies from very low to way up in the violin range.

In the orchestra, the 'cello is often doubled (an octave lower) by the string basses, although parts may be written separately which give the basses only some of the notes that the 'cellos play. The 'cello sound can be gruff or mellow by turns, and composers have taken pleasure in giving it soloist, supporting and even percussive roles.

Answer 4

In the orchestra, the viola plays the part of "Tenor": the cellos and basses fill the "Bass", the violins provide "alto and soprano". It is customary to name the four voices of traditional (classical) harmony for vocal ranges.

In the Baroque and early classical periods, the Viola often doubled the bass line (cellos and basses). In later eras, the viola was often given a more harmonically independent part (shift from 3-part to 4-part classical harmonies.) In modern times, the violas are often given rolls appropriate to their dry, distinguishable voices, echoing with the Bassoons (Dvorak's 9th Symphony) or the rattle of Inextinguishable Life, erupting against all odds (Nielsen's 4th Symphony, the Inextinguishable.)

Answer 5

When you look at the stage, the violins will occupy the left portion of the orchestra. The violas are situated in the middle of the orchestra while the cello is in the right part of the orchestra. The basses are situated behind the celloes and can stretch to where the violas are, if there is a good many basses in the orchestra.

Answer 6

The violins play notes higher than the cello, bass, and viola.

Answer 7

the left from the conductor's view

Answer 8

Itrs role is to shut up

Answer 9

yes