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Usage (cont.)

Divisi Chords

When one section of instruments has to play two or more notes at the same time, they play the notes divisi (abbreviated as div.) Listen to the delicate, cloud like quality that these high, four-note chords produce:

Similar chords can be played in the violin's lower registers. Here, the chords sound richer and fuller than those played in the high register, yet they still retain their satiny quality.