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Movie of cello craftsmen who put the process of making stringed instrument "cello" from wood shavings to string tension

A string instrument "Cello" which is larger than the violin and slightly smaller than the contrabass is a musical instrument with four strings and bass echoes. A cello craftworker cut out timber, ...
Classic FM

Double bassist plays Bach’s Suite No.1 for solo cello – and it sounds utterly glorious

This musician realised that with the right bow, the Bach Cello Suite No.1 could come to life in a wonderful way on the double bass... Since Bach composed his Cello Suites in the early 1700s, they have ...
Country Life

In Focus: The cello's incredible range, 'the whole way from bass to soprano, very rich and mellow', set to star at the Proms 2021

This year’s BBC Proms provide an unexpected feast of cello music. It is the first time in 126 years that the four warhorses of the concerto repertoire — Elgar, Dvořák, Saint-Saëns and Walton — have ...
The Hindu

Double the innovation: How musicians niftily weave in king-sized double bass into Indian compositions

It is hard to imagine the double bass — the lowest-pitched member of the violin family that resembles a string instrument on steroids — setting the tone for the Sufi song ‘Dama dam mast kalandar’, but ...