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The bowed stringed instruments usually found in a modern orchestra: violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

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Why is music for strings more likely to be in keys with sharps?

For stringed instruments such as the violin, playing in sharp keys (more accurately, 0 to 4 sharps) means making multiple main notes of the tonality coincide with open strings. This amplifies the inst …
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