Cellos

The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a medium-low pitched bowed string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 and A3. The viola's four strings are each an octave higher. Music for the cello is generally written in the bass clef; the tenor clef and treble clef are used for higher-range passages.

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The arpeggione is a six-stringed musical instrument fretted and tuned like a guitar, but with a curved bridge so it can be bowed like a cello, and thus similar to the bass viola da gamba. The instrument is sometimes also called a guitar violoncello. It is essentially a bass viol with a guitar-type tuning, E–A–d–g–b–''e' .'' The body shape of the arpeggione is, however, more similar to a medieval fiddle than either the guitar or the bass viol. The arpeggione is especially suited to playing runs in thirds, double stops, and arpeggios.

concerto for solo cello and instrumental ensemble

subgenre of rock music

small cello played against the shoulder

type of cello that relies on electronic amplification (rather than acoustic resonance) to produce sound

The gehu () is a Chinese instrument developed in the 20th century by the Chinese musician Yang Yusen (, 1926–1980). It is a fusion of the Chinese huqin family and the cello, essentially an erhu cello or Chinese cello. Like standard cellos, its four strings are also tuned (from low to high) C-G-D-A; it also uses standard cello strings. Unlike most other musical instruments in the huqin family, the bridge does not contact the snakeskin drum head, which faces to the side. Instead the bridge is connected to a mechanism inside the body that touches the drum head. The bridge transmits the string vib

right|thumb|The extended endpin of a cello, a black rubber cap and accompanying screw lie next to it alt=Jean-Marc Nattier (1685–1766), Anne-Henriette de France, Dite Madame Henriette (1727–1752) (1754)|thumb|A painting showing a woman of the 18th century playing the viola da gamba without an endpin.

former museum dedicated to Pablo Casals in San Juan, Puerto Rico