Perhaps this is an Early Music thing, but I have played in orchestras, where the 2nds (on the right side) chose to have the principal on the inside. But it's not common practice.

Johannes

John Howell wrote:
At 6:17 PM +0000 3/2/05, Robert Patterson wrote:

>From the "inside/outside" terminology, I had inferred that this was probably the case. What about situations where the string section rearranges so that the 2nd violins face the 1st violins? Do the 2nd violins reverse their usual orientation or do they maintain it? In this situation is the "outside" actually sitting on the inside or the outside?


Outside still means outside--closest to the audience. Yes, the 2nds would reverse their seating, and so would whoever is placed next to the 1sts.

John



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