string orchestra
Noun
Meaning
string orchestra (plural string orchestras)
(music) A music group consisting solely of stringed instruments.
Hypernyms
Examples
The very day I purchased it, I christened my guitar as my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra.
And we would play together, like fine musicians should, And it would sound like music, and the music would sound good. But in real life I'm stuck with that same old formula, me and my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra.
Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.
As the screams in the water multiplied, another sound was heard, strong and clear at first, then fainter in the distance. It was the melody of the hymn "Nearer, My God, To Thee,” played by the string orchestra in the dining saloon.
A string orchestra has only string instruments, i.e., violins, violas, cellos and double basses.
Brown, "B A: Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Retrieved 10 December 2007) Some chamber music in this period includes trombone in an obligato role with voice, and also as a concerto instrument with string orchestra.