What is a conductor? What music does the orchestra play? The string family includes the violin, viola, cello and double bass. These instruments are all played the same way, by bowing across the ...

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The violin is the smallest member of the string family and ...

The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section ... History The double bass is generally regarded as a modern descendant of the string family of instruments that originated in ...