cello
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- noun
- /ˈtʃɛloʊ/
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violonchelo
- Still, like Elgar's Cello Concerto, it will become a central part of the classical music Canon.
- play the cello
- perform on the cello
- solo cello
He wasn't playing cello, but he was conducting.
- He wasn't playing cello, but he was conducting.
- And on that episode, Pumps is going to play the cello, right?
- This one's called Stay up, eat some jello, go play the cello.
- So some people think of sort of cellos make lower sounds than than violins.
- Does Chloë Grace Moretz play cello?
- And this is this is the first movement of the Sonata for Trumpet, Cello and Piano composed by Greg Hopkins.
- I don't play guitar, but I used to play the cello in school and then I got bullied about it a lot and so I quit and now I can't play any.
- The Saint Johannes Passion, The Saint Matthew Passion, The six cello suites.
Examples
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A college music major stops playing her cello when it becomes too painful.
Academic text (2008) -
For my high school musical, I'd played cello in the pit orchestra.
Fiction book (1998) -
When you played your cello, it was so beautiful.
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It's like playing the cello because I can kind of just express things in myself.
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And on that episode, Pumps is going to play the cello, right?
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I could never decide between the piano and the cello.
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In the hallway, Max stops to tune his cello and then starts up again.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Me," Elaine found herself answering, "Oh, I used to play the cello, but no longer."
Fiction book (1995) -
We girls played violin, Erich played the cello, Papa the bass, and Mama the piano.
Fiction book (1991) -
The orchestra's cellos created a rich and warm sound during the concert.
Synonyms
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A musical instrument that makes sound when its strings are played, like a guitar or violin
A large string instrument like a bigger violin played between the knees with a bow to make low deep notes
A string instrument played with a bow, like a violin
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Etymology
Cello comes from the Italian violoncello, which joins violone (a 'big' viol) with the small ending -cello, so the name once meant a 'small big' viol. Because it is in the same family as the violin and viola, cello today means the large, low instrument that makes deep sound and is played upright between the knees.