Throughout the opera, the strings and woodwinds played off of each other. They had sequences of call and answer. In these sections, the melody is either echoed or continued from one instrument section to the other. In some other sections, the string section would have the melody and the woodwind section would have a countermelody. In moments when the voice or voices were focused on, the orchestra would play chords in unison. When looking at these two sections individually, in the string section, the upper strings would carry the musical theme and the lower strings would play the chords that supported the theme. In the woodwind section, the woodwinds would also support the theme. The music of the magic flute was from this section.
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