# Divisi

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{{Short description|Term in musical notation}}
In musical terminology, '''''divisi''''', or as typically printed ''“'''div.''',”'' is an instruction to divide a single section of instruments into multiple subsections.<ref>{{Cite web|title = divisi - OnMusic Dictionary|url = http://dictionary.onmusic.org/terms/1115-divisi|website = OnMusic Dictionary|access-date = 2015-06-27}}</ref> This usually applies to the [violin](/source/violin)s of the [string section](/source/string_section) in an [orchestra](/source/orchestra), although [viola](/source/viola)s, [cello](/source/cello)s, and [double bass](/source/double_bass)es can also be divided.<ref>{{Cite web|title = What the heck is String Divisi and is it contagious?|url = https://www.alexanderpublishing.com/AudioFiles/whats_divisi.pdf|website = www.alexanderpublishing.com|access-date = 2015-06-27|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140403021552/https://www.alexanderpublishing.com/AudioFiles/whats_divisi.pdf|archive-date = 2014-04-03}}</ref> Typically, 4-part [French horn](/source/French_horn) sections include divided sections if horns 1/2 and/or 3/4 are not playing the same music ("[a2](/source/A_due)"). Other [brass instruments](/source/Brass_instrument) can also be divided but it is not as frequent as with the horn section. [Woodwinds](/source/Woodwind_instrument) - especially [flutes](/source/Flute) and [clarinets](/source/Clarinet) - also utilize "divisi" to divide music between parts and even between players of the same part.

After a divisi section, it may be cancelled by the instructions ''[tutti](/source/tutti)'', ''all'unisono''.<ref name="Grove">{{Cite Grove |first=David |last=Fallows |date=2001 |title=Divisi (It.: 'divided') |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.07869}}</ref> or ''[unison](/source/unison)'' (abbreviated ''unis.'').

The German equivalents for ''divisi'' and ''tutti'', often used in German language scores, are '''''geteilt''''' (or '''''getheilt''''', abbreviated '''''get.''''') and ''zusammen'' (abbreviated ''zus.'').<ref name="Grove" />

Some pieces use notation that refers to half of a section or referring to a specific number of performers. For instance, [Giuseppe Verdi](/source/Giuseppe_Verdi)'s scores include directions for small sections of the chorus by ''metà'' ("half") or ''soli quattro soprani'' ("four sopranos alone"). Some German late Romantic scores use instructions like ''die eine Hälfte''/''die andere Hälfte'' ("one half" and "the other half").<ref name="Grove" />

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Category:Musical terminology

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