Cello
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The cello is a stringed instrument, closely related to the violin. Unlike the violin, the cello is much larger, and is played in an upright position between the legs of the seated musician, resting on a metal spike. The player draws their bow horizontally across the strings.
The cello plays notes on the bass clef, and has 4 strings tuned in fifths: C (the lowest), G, D and A (below middle C) - these are tuned exactly one octave below the viola. For the highest notes, the cello sometimes uses the tenor clef.
The name cello is an abbreviation of the Italian violoncello, which means 'little violone'. The violone is an obsolete instrument whose name literally means 'big viola'. It was similar to a modern double bass.
A person who plays the cello is called a cellist. Famous or well known cellists include:
- Anner Bylsma[?]
- Pau Casals
- Robert Cohen[?]
- Jacqueline du Pré
- Emanuel Feuermann[?]
- Pierre Fournier[?]
- Maurice Gendron[?]
- Lynn Harrell[?]
- Stephen Isserlis[?]
- Antonio Janigro[?]
- Julian Lloyd Webber
- Yo-yo Ma
- Mischa Maisky[?]
- Charlotte Moorman
- Siegfried Palm[?]
- Gregor Piatigorsky[?]
- Leonard Rose[?]
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Giovanni Sollima[?] who is also composer
- Janos Starker[?]
- Paul Tortelier
- Raphael Wallfisch[?]
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