LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CELLO
HISTORY:
- Cello, otherwise known as Cell created in the early 1500’s.
- The first known maker was Andrea Amati
- Cello’s have always been used to help out the bass in orchestras
- Cello’s were rarely used in sonata’s or solo music
- The shape of the cello hasn’t changed dramatically from the 1500’s, only the sharpness and accuracy has changed
PARTS OF A CELLO:
- Cello, otherwise known as Cell created in the early 1500’s.
- The first known maker was Andrea Amati
- Cello’s have always been used to help out the bass in orchestras
- Cello’s were rarely used in sonata’s or solo music
- The shape of the cello hasn’t changed dramatically from the 1500’s, only the sharpness and accuracy has changed
PARTS OF A CELLO:
TUNINGS AND THE RANGE OF A CELLO:
- Like most other stringed instruments, you need to tune the instrument by the strings in intervals of fifths.
- The strings in a cello are an octave lower than the viola and an octave plus one fifth lower than the violin
- Music for the cello is written in the bass clef with changes to tenor clef or treble clef, when necessary, to avoid too many ledger lines.
CELLO COMPOSERS:
- George Goltermann
- Gaspar Cassadó
- Like most other stringed instruments, you need to tune the instrument by the strings in intervals of fifths.
- The strings in a cello are an octave lower than the viola and an octave plus one fifth lower than the violin
- Music for the cello is written in the bass clef with changes to tenor clef or treble clef, when necessary, to avoid too many ledger lines.
CELLO COMPOSERS:
- George Goltermann
- Gaspar Cassadó
- Luigi Boccherini
- David Popper
- Sergie Rachmaninov
PREFORMERS:
-Johann Sebastian Bach
-Franz Joseph HaydnAntonin Dvorak Sir Edward Elgar
TERMS AND SIGNS OF A CELLO:
Pressto- Very fast
PP- Prestissimo- Very soft
Down bow- Drawing the bow with the hand moving away from the strings
FACTS AND INFORMATION:
- The voice of the cello is in tenor
- Bows are made out of horsehair and wood
- The lowest note in the cello is C
- Another name for the cello is Violoncello
Pressto- Very fast
PP- Prestissimo- Very soft
Down bow- Drawing the bow with the hand moving away from the strings
FACTS AND INFORMATION:
- The voice of the cello is in tenor
- Bows are made out of horsehair and wood
- The lowest note in the cello is C
- Another name for the cello is Violoncello
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