How to choose a cello
Cello (it. violoncello) bowed musical instrument with four strings, shaped like a large violin. Medium in register and size between a violin and a double bass. The appearance of the cello dates back to the beginning of the 16th century. Initially, it was used as a bass instrument to accompany singing or playing an instrument of a higher register . There were numerous varieties of the cello, which differed from each other in size, number of strings, and tuning (the most common tuning was a tone lower than the modern one). In the 17th-18th centuries, the efforts of the outstanding musical masters of the Italian schools (Nicolo Amati, Giuseppe Guarneri, Antonio Stradivari, Carlo Bergonzi, Domenico Montagnana, and others) created a classical…
Cello History
Cello is a musical instrument, a group of stringed, i.e. to play it, a special object conducting along the strings is required – a bow. Usually this wand is crafted from wood and horsehair. There is also a way of playing with fingers, in which the strings are “plucked”. It’s called pizzicato. The cello is an instrument with four strings of various thicknesses. Each string has its own note. At first, the strings were made from sheep offal, and then, of course, they became metal. The first reference to the cello can be seen in a fresco by Gaudenzio Ferrari from 1535-1536. The very name “cello” was mentioned in the collection of sonnets by J.Ch. Arresti in 1665. If we…
Cello – Musical Instrument
The cello is a bowed string instrument, an obligatory member of a symphony orchestra and a string ensemble, which has a rich performance technique. Due to its rich and melodious sound, it is often used as a solo instrument. The cello is widely used when it is necessary to express sadness, despair or deep lyrics in music, and in this it has no equal. Cello (Italian: violoncello, abbr. cello; German: Violoncello; French: violoncelle; English: cello) is a bowed stringed musical instrument of the bass and tenor register, known from the first half of the 16th century, of the same structure as the violin or viola, however considerably larger sizes. The cello has wide expressive…
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