The Lento is scored for orchestral strings only, playing divisi most of the time.

In the 18th century, military ensembles were doing double duty as entertainment at the royal courts, either alone or combined with orchestral strings.

The song ends with a piano solo and orchestral strings.

The orchestral strings are muted, and the dynamic throughout is pianissimo or softer.

A little more than half the orchestral strings play in normal tuning, the rest being tuned a quarter-tone down.

Even orchestral strings - the ultimate touchstone - come through without the metallic tinge typical of poor digital equipment.

Perhaps a bit overproduced with the orchestral strings, but again, that's nothing new either.

It might be described as slightly dulcet, with an aura of warmth surrounding the orchestral strings.

In the wind band, then, the clarinet family can form a complete entity covering a very wide range comparable with that of the orchestral strings.

The song is notable for its mixture of synthesized orchestral strings and hard-pounding hip-hop instrumental.