Classical period

String
Quartet
by Jenny Amanda Serena and Joyce
What is a
string quartet?
the term string quartet can refer to
either a type of musicals compositions
or a group of four people who play the
term.
 4 members in the
quartet:
The melody is usually played by Violin I
first and second violin. The
viola and the cello are usually
Violin II
playing the accompanist or
harmony to make the performance
more colourful. Viola

Cello
 sometimes string quartet has guitar.
woodwind - recorder or wooden flute,
oboe, bassoon and clarinet. brass
- trumpet, horns (with valves by the
end of the period) percussion - timpani
(kettledrums) and sometimes triangle,
hand cymbals and bass drum.
 string quartet is from…..

The string quartet genre first

flourished in the late 18th century,
most notably in the work of the
Austrian composer Joseph Haydn

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