弦楽四重奏

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 弦楽四重奏, read げんがくしじゅうそう, combines 弦楽 (string music) and 四重奏 (a four-part ensemble).
• Basic usage: It is used for a string quartet performance or a work written for that ensemble.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Performance and composition
  • 弦楽四重奏の演奏を聴いた means that someone listened to a performance.
  • In 弦楽四重奏を作曲した, the word refers to the work composed.
• Reading as a unit
  • In this word, 四重奏 is read しじゅうそう. It describes four parts playing together, not playing something four times.