Violoncello

Also known as Cello

Streichinstrument

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The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings that produces medium-low pitched sounds and belongs to the violin family. It's an important instrument in orchestras and chamber music ensembles because its deep, resonant tones fill a crucial range between the higher-pitched violins and the lowest bass instruments.

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Key facts

Instrument.name: Cello
Instrument.names: Violoncello
Instrument.image: Cello front side.png
Instrument.image_capt: Cello, front and side view.
Instrument.background: string
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs: 321.322-71
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc: Composite chordophone sounded by a bow
Instrument.developed: 1660 from bass violin
Instrument.range: 130px|center
Instrument.related: Violin family (violin, viola) Double bass
Instrument.sound sample: thumb|center |Bach, Cello Suite no. 1 in G major

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Wikidata facts

Part of: violin family
Image: Cello front side.png

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Commons category: Cellos
topic's main category: Category:Cellos
Hornbostel-Sachs classification: 321.322-71
Commons gallery: Cello
used by: cellist
practiced by: cellist
language of work or name: Italian
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P8168: Yvonne Furneaux

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Das Violoncello [ˌviolɔn'tʃɛlo], kurz Cello, ist ein aus verschiedenen Holzarten gefertigtes Streichinstrument aus der Viola-da-braccio-Familie. Das Instrument entstand nach 1535 in Norditalien. Das Violoncello wird mit einem Bogen gestrichen. Im Gegensatz zur Violine und Bratsche hält der Cellist das Instrument aufrecht (mit dem Hals nach oben) zwischen den Beinen (daher auch: Stehgeige). Es steht heute meist mit einem ausziehbaren Stachel auf dem Boden. Es war das Instrument des Jahres 2018.

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