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The clavichord is an example of a period instrument. In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic instruments".
The pogo cello, being a homemade folk instrument, has a configuration that is somewhat open to interpretation depending on the individual who creates it. A typical description of the parts that might make a pogo cello are: A broom handle, pole, or a six-foot 2x3 piece of lumber. A spring fastened to the bottom of the wood.
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.
Ma's primary performance instrument is the Davidov cello, made in 1712 by Antonio Stradivari. [7] It was previously owned by Jacqueline du Pré , who bequeathed it to him. Du Pré voiced her frustration with the cello's "unpredictability", but Ma attributed du Pré's sentiment to her impassioned style of playing, adding that the Stradivarius ...
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This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work.
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.
On percussion instruments, the drum has been turned sideways on the instrument and the string runs across it like the sound-table on a spike lute. The string has been dropped in some cases, the bow stick becoming a drumstick and the instrument now a percussion instrument, called a boomba, stamp fiddle, stumpf fiddle, or pogo cello. [6]