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When I started working on large orchestral scores, the string section sizes were pretty standard, and similar to the concert hall where each lower section shrinks by two players. So for example, a standard orchestra might be 14 first violins, 12 seconds, 10 violas, 8 cello and 6 basses, or "14/12/10/8/6" for short (in the film world where we lump all the violins together, so this is often condensed further to "26/10/8/6"). After many years of orchestrating, conducting, and recording orchestras I have come to the…
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