Cellone
A cellone is a large cello invented in 1882 by the German luthier Alfred Stelzner. It is held like a cello but tuned (high-to-low) to E3 A2 D2 G1, a fourth below the cello and two octaves below the violin. Its music is written in the bass clef. Its body length and its breadth slightly exceeds those of a normal cello, but it sounds much deeper than a normal cello.[1][2]
It is rarely used by composers. One of the few works where it is used is the Sextet in D major for violino piccolo, violin, viola, violotta, cello, and cellone, Op. 68, by Arnold Krug.[3]
See also
- Tenor violin
- Viola Profonda
- Violin octet
References
Discography
- 2005: Homage to Stelzner. CD. AK Coburg DR 0010. (Contains music by Felix Draeseke and Arnold Krug)
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Violin family
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Double bass |
- Bass bar
- Bow
- Bridge
- Chinrest
- Endpin
- F-hole
- Fingerboard
- Nut
- Scroll
- Shoulder rest
- Sound post
- Tailpiece
- Tuning peg
- Bowing
- Bow stroke
- Col legno
- Martelé
- Portato
- Spiccato
- Tremolo
- Arpeggio
- Harmonics
- Double stop
- Fingering
- Finger substitution
- Pizzicato
- Scordatura (changing string tuning)
- Vibrato
and genres of music
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