Examples of 'first violin' in a sentence

Meaning of "first violin"

A 'first violin' refers to the lead or principal violinist in an orchestral or chamber music ensemble. They typically play the melody or have prominent solos. The phrase can also be used metaphorically to describe someone who is in a leading or influential position within a group or organization
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  • The lead or primary violin role in an orchestra or other ensemble, or in a musical composition, that typically contains the melody and is often more technically demanding than the second violin role. The first violin role is played by a first violinist, typically the best violinist in the orchestra.
  • The leader of the violin section of a symphony orchestra; the concertmaster.

How to use "first violin" in a sentence

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The first violin is the real star.
He was six when he got his first violin.
He had his first violin lessons there.
The theme is played by the first violin.
I landed first violin in the school orchestra.
Cover title from first violin part.
First violin for five years in orchestra.
What became of this first violin is not known.
First violin lessons at the age of ten.
There are many quartets with an accomplished first violin.
First violin takes the theme.
He took his baton from the first violin.
Sometimes he was first violin and sometimes even a soloist.
Your father gave me my first violin.
Your first violin is not following your directions.

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His career was predominantly as a first violin.
The first violin of the world.
Ricciotti played the first violin.
Rosé was first violin throughout.
In orchestras such figures play the first violin.
With the first violin.
Your dynamic marking is higher than that of the first violin.
I am the first violin and.
The piece begins with an accompanied tune by the first violin.
She played first violin.
The first violin had gone to the stand to give a modest la to his colleagues.
My father was my first violin teacher.
The first violin leads to the repetition of the first two phrases.
My mother was my first violin teacher.
The first violin in his life is played by his wife and four children.
I will not even be the first violin any longer.
He got his first violin from his father when he was eight years old.
That was his first violin.
Among the four voices rather than resting solely with the first violin.
I saved his first violin.
I play first violin in the philharmonic Orchestra.
I picked up my first violin.
I am first violin and a Westinghouse winner.
Introducing an unknown player as first violin is a risky step for a quartet.
The obbligato part is on smaller paper inserted into the first violin part.
Goebel received his first violin lessons at the age of twelve.
First violin Rose sticks by me through thick and thin.
I was saying that the first violin is the star of the orchestra.
Maestro Reinhardt was gonna make her first violin.
Florizel had his first violin lessons with his mother.
During that time Klara taught her first violin student.
Faust received her first violin lessons at the age of five.
The first theme starts in B with a conversation between the first violin and the cello.
An airy counterpart of the first violin pushes playfully unstoppable upwards.
During all these changes Scipione Guidi continued to lead the orchestra as the first violin.

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