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The violoncello (/ ˌ v aɪ ə l ə n ˈ tʃ ɛ l oʊ / VY-ə-lən-CHEL-oh, Italian pronunciation: [vjolonˈtʃɛllo]), [1] normally simply abbreviated as cello (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ l oʊ / CHEL-oh), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family.
This is a list of musical instruments, including percussion, wind, stringed, and electronic instruments. Percussion instruments (idiophones, membranophones, struck chordophones, blown percussion instruments)
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
A number of instruments have been invented, designed, and made, that make sound from matter in its liquid state. This class of instruments is called hydraulophones . Hydraulophones use an incompressible fluid, such as water, as the initial sound-producing medium, and they may also use the hydraulic fluid as a user-interface.
The shorthand for the instrumentation of a symphony orchestra (and other similar ensembles) is used to outline which and how many instruments, especially wind instruments, are called for in a given piece of music. The shorthand is ordered in the same fashion as the parts of the individual instruments in the score (when read from top to bottom).
The Cello Music Collection of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro violoncello, cello, manuscript: The largest single holding of cello music–related materials in the world, including annotated sheet music (manuscript and published), monographs, serials, audio/video recordings, personal papers, and artifacts associated with noted ...
In cello playing, the bow is much like the breath of a wind instrument player. [ citation needed ] Arguably, it is the major determinant in the expressiveness of the playing. [ citation needed ] The bow arm divides itself into three independent portions: the arm, the forearm, and the hand.
Long String Instrument, (by Ellen Fullman, strings are rubbed in, and vibrate in the longitudinal mode) Magnetic resonance piano , (strings activated by electromagnetic fields) Stringed instruments with keyboards