| STRINGQUARTET | Music group consisting of two violinists, a celloist and a viola player (6,7) |
| ABBA | Group consisting of two sailors - one of them does the twist (4) |
| CCLEF | Symbol read by a viola player |
| FAREWELL | Haydn's Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor which finishes which just two violinists playing on stage (8) |
| QUARTETS | String ___, groups consisting of two violins, viola and cello |
| ORCHESTRA | Often featuring 20 or more violinists, a classical musical ensemble comprising a mix of string, brass, woodwind and percussion instrumentalists (9) |
| FIDDLER | Violinist's a con artist! (7) |
| TRIO | Group with a violinist a violist and a cellist perhaps |
| FIDDLE | Colloquial word for a violin, especially in reference to its use as a folk instrument; a violinist; a petty swindle; or, a manually tricky task (6) |
| CLADE | In biology, a group consisting of a common ancestor and all of its descendants; from Greek, 'branch' (5) |
| BRASSBAND | Musical group consisting of a trumpet, trombone and cornet players etc (5,4) |
| BEEGEES | The ..., pop group consisting of Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb (3, 4) |
| BROS | Pop group consisting of twin brothers Matt and Luke Goss |
| TLC | '90s R&B group consisting of T-Boz, Left Eye, and Chilli |
| STRING | ____ quartet, a musical ensemble of two violins, a viola and a cello (6) |
| LALO | Edouard, French viola player and composer of the ballet Namouna (4) |
| OCTET | Performance group consisting of eight members |
| GENUS | Group consisting of closely related species (5) |
| CLASSES | School groups consisting of a hundred girls (7) |
| EDOUARD | French viola player; composer of opera Le Roi d"Ys (7,4) |
