Cello
noun
A large stringed musical instrument played with a bow.
She is practicing the cello for her orchestra concert next week.
Often appears as...
- play the cello
- cello concerto
noun
A large stringed musical instrument played with a bow.
She is practicing the cello for her orchestra concert next week.
Often appears as...
- play the cello
- cello concerto
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Pro Tip 1/3Classical Instrument
The cello is primarily used in classical music, such as symphonies and chamber music.
She attended a classical recital featuring a cello soloist.
Pro Tip 2/3Orchestra Role
Cello often provides the harmonic base in an orchestra, supporting the melody played by violins.
The orchestra's cellos created a rich, warm sound under the violin's melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo Performance
Solo cello pieces are profound, showcasing the instrument's deep and expressive range.
The cellist's solo performance captivated the audience with its depth.
Pro Tip 1/3Classical Instrument
The cello is primarily used in classical music, such as symphonies and chamber music.
She attended a classical recital featuring a cello soloist.
Pro Tip 2/3Orchestra Role
Cello often provides the harmonic base in an orchestra, supporting the melody played by violins.
The orchestra's cellos created a rich, warm sound under the violin's melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo Performance
Solo cello pieces are profound, showcasing the instrument's deep and expressive range.
The cellist's solo performance captivated the audience with its depth.
Pro Tip 1/3Classical Instrument
The cello is primarily used in classical music, such as symphonies and chamber music.
She attended a classical recital featuring a cello soloist.
Pro Tip 2/3Orchestra Role
Cello often provides the harmonic base in an orchestra, supporting the melody played by violins.
The orchestra's cellos created a rich, warm sound under the violin's melody.
Pro Tip 3/3Solo Performance
Solo cello pieces are profound, showcasing the instrument's deep and expressive range.
The cellist's solo performance captivated the audience with its depth.
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Tod Machover & Dan...
If I were here playing cello, or playing on a synth, or sharing my music with you, I'd be able to show things about myself that I can't tell you in words, more personal things, perhaps deeper things. I think that's true for many of us, and I want to give you two examples of how music is one of the most powerful interfaces we have,
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String theory - Brian...
idea of string theory deep inside any of these particles there is something else there's something else is this dancing filament of energy it looks like a vibrating string that's where the idea of string theory comes from and just like the vibrating strings that you just saw on a cello can vibrate in different
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Making sense of string...
Deep inside any of these particles, there is something else. This something else is this dancing filament of energy. It looks like a vibrating string -- that's where the idea, string theory comes from. And just like the vibrating strings that you just saw in a cello
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Hrishikesh Hirway: What...
I told him, this is what the song is about and this is what the music is supposed to do in this part. And I asked him, "Do you think that the cello could represent my mom's voice?" And he listened to everything that I said. And then he played those notes.
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Music as a refuge PIPE...
a way of life and that music and culture an integral fabric of society there was a sense of history as a part of cultural expression in parallel to learning the music of the kora I was also studying the cello in western classical music for
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DJ Spooky's Arctic...
My next book actually is about apps and design and I was really interested in the tension between those instruments, which are incredibly beautiful instruments. The cello has been around for several hundred years,
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Caroline Lavelle: A...
anyway, the whole thing had burst. And I went to the IT guys here and a gentleman mended my computer, and then he said, "What are you doing here?" and I said "I'm playing the cello and I'm doing a bit of singing,"
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Maya Beiser(s) and her...
to build and create a whole universe with many diverse layers, all generated from a single source. My cello and my voice are layered to create this large sonic canvas. When composers write music for me,
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How my mom inspired my...
On the flight here, I was reminded about my mom. I'm a self-taught cellist, I've never had a lesson. I studied double bass, but I just picked up the cello and started playing
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Beam: The Glastonbury...
triggers more sounds so in the morning we might have a cello or piano but in the afternoon we might have guitars voices and then an even dozen they'll be rhythms
Video examples
Tod Machover & Dan...
If I were here playing cello, or playing on a synth, or sharing my music with you, I'd be able to show things about myself that I can't tell you in words, more personal things, perhaps deeper things. I think that's true for many of us, and I want to give you two examples of how music is one of the most powerful interfaces we have,
Video examples
String theory - Brian...
idea of string theory deep inside any of these particles there is something else there's something else is this dancing filament of energy it looks like a vibrating string that's where the idea of string theory comes from and just like the vibrating strings that you just saw on a cello can vibrate in different
Video examples
Making sense of string...
Deep inside any of these particles, there is something else. This something else is this dancing filament of energy. It looks like a vibrating string -- that's where the idea, string theory comes from. And just like the vibrating strings that you just saw in a cello
Video examples
Hrishikesh Hirway: What...
I told him, this is what the song is about and this is what the music is supposed to do in this part. And I asked him, "Do you think that the cello could represent my mom's voice?" And he listened to everything that I said. And then he played those notes.
Video examples
Music as a refuge PIPE...
a way of life and that music and culture an integral fabric of society there was a sense of history as a part of cultural expression in parallel to learning the music of the kora I was also studying the cello in western classical music for
Video examples
DJ Spooky's Arctic...
My next book actually is about apps and design and I was really interested in the tension between those instruments, which are incredibly beautiful instruments. The cello has been around for several hundred years,
Video examples
Caroline Lavelle: A...
anyway, the whole thing had burst. And I went to the IT guys here and a gentleman mended my computer, and then he said, "What are you doing here?" and I said "I'm playing the cello and I'm doing a bit of singing,"
Video examples
Maya Beiser(s) and her...
to build and create a whole universe with many diverse layers, all generated from a single source. My cello and my voice are layered to create this large sonic canvas. When composers write music for me,
Video examples
How my mom inspired my...
On the flight here, I was reminded about my mom. I'm a self-taught cellist, I've never had a lesson. I studied double bass, but I just picked up the cello and started playing
Video examples
Beam: The Glastonbury...
triggers more sounds so in the morning we might have a cello or piano but in the afternoon we might have guitars voices and then an even dozen they'll be rhythms
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Luka Sulic
Croatian Musician
We wanted to make a powerful cello sound in order to show to the world the possibilities of the cello and to use it in a different way than the classical way they are used to. We wanted to play something exciting, something crazy, something to draw younger generations to this great instrument.
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Jamie Foxx
American Actor
Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I'd gotten a piano scholarship. And now I'm so glad I got to learn to play the cello, which is a different experience, you're flexing a different muscle, but it's beautiful because it is music.
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Sam Abell
American Photographer
There are a lot of ways to be expressive in life, but I wasn't good at some of them. Music, for instance. I was a distinct failure with the cello. Eventually, my parents sold the cello and bought a vacuum cleaner. The sound in our home improved.
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Beth Hart
American Musician
I got into cello in the fourth grade, and I played that for years. I adored playing it. I got an opera coach when I was 12 because I really wanted to learn how to sing properly. The only proper way to sing, I thought at that age, was opera.
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Hildur Gudnadottir
Icelander Musician
Singing is something that I have done all my life, but what I did on my first two records was to hide the vocals. They're there to thicken the web of the cello.
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Ritchie Blackmore
English Musician
But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder.
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Joan Allen
American Actress
I was the good girl. The straight A student, on the honour roll, part of the choir... I played the cello badly. I did plays.
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Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian Musician
It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.
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Joshua Roman
American Musician
I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.
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Julian Bream
British Musician
I went to college to study the piano and cello.
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Luka Sulic
Croatian Musician
We wanted to make a powerful cello sound in order to show to the world the possibilities of the cello and to use it in a different way than the classical way they are used to. We wanted to play something exciting, something crazy, something to draw younger generations to this great instrument.
Quote examples
Jamie Foxx
American Actor
Actually, music gave me the support when I needed it. I would never have gone to college unless I'd gotten a piano scholarship. And now I'm so glad I got to learn to play the cello, which is a different experience, you're flexing a different muscle, but it's beautiful because it is music.
Quote examples
Sam Abell
American Photographer
There are a lot of ways to be expressive in life, but I wasn't good at some of them. Music, for instance. I was a distinct failure with the cello. Eventually, my parents sold the cello and bought a vacuum cleaner. The sound in our home improved.
Quote examples
Beth Hart
American Musician
I got into cello in the fourth grade, and I played that for years. I adored playing it. I got an opera coach when I was 12 because I really wanted to learn how to sing properly. The only proper way to sing, I thought at that age, was opera.
Quote examples
Hildur Gudnadottir
Icelander Musician
Singing is something that I have done all my life, but what I did on my first two records was to hide the vocals. They're there to thicken the web of the cello.
Quote examples
Ritchie Blackmore
English Musician
But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder.
Quote examples
Joan Allen
American Actress
I was the good girl. The straight A student, on the honour roll, part of the choir... I played the cello badly. I did plays.
Quote examples
Mstislav Rostropovich
Russian Musician
It is my aim, my destination in life to make the cello as beloved an instrument as the violin and piano.
Quote examples
Joshua Roman
American Musician
I'm interested in directing attention and focus, explored through playing cello.
Quote examples
Julian Bream
British Musician
I went to college to study the piano and cello.
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