The double bass's proportions are dissimilar to those of the violin and cello ; for example, it is deeper ( the distance from top to back is proportionally much greater than the violin ).

Other examples of chamber works that use the double bass in mixed ensembles include Serge Prokofiev's Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, and double bass ; Erwin Schulhoff's Concertino for flute / piccolo, viola, and double bass ; Fred Lerdahl's Waltzes for violin, viola, cello, and double bass ; Mohammed Fairouz's Litany for double bass and wind quartet ; Mario Davidovsky's Festino for guitar, viola, cello, and double bass ; and Iannis Xenakis's Morsima-Amorsima for piano, violin, cello, and double bass.

* Four little Fantasy pieces after Hungarian national melodies, for cello with piano accompaniment ; comp.

* Quintet for piano ( left hand alone ), two violins, viola and cello in G major ; comp.

* Quintet for clarinet, piano ( for left hand alone ), violin, viola and cello in B major ; comp.

* Quintet for clarinet, piano ( for left hand alone ), violin, viola and cello in A major ; comp.

Brahms wrote a number of major works for orchestra, including two serenades, four symphonies, two piano concertos ( No. 1 in D minor ; No. 2 in B-flat major ), a Violin Concerto, a Double Concerto for violin and cello, and two companion orchestral overtures, the Academic Festival Overture and the Tragic Overture.

During the Baroque and Classical periods, recitative could appear in two basic forms: secco ( dry ) recitative, accompanied only by continuo, which was usually a harpsichord and a cello ; or accompagnato ( also known as strumentato ) in which the orchestra provided accompaniment.

His own first date as leader, Where ?, with Dolphy and Mal Waldron and a date also with Dolphy called Out There with George Duvivier and Roy Haynes and Carter on cello ; its advanced harmonies and concepts were in step with the third stream movement.

The ten-person cast, who played their own instruments in new orchestrations, consisted of John Arbo ( Jonas Fogg ; bass player ), Donna Lynne Champlin ( Pirelli ; piano, accordion, flute ), Alexander Gemignani ( The Beadle ; piano, trumpet ), Mark Jacoby ( Judge Turpin ; trumpet, percussion ), Diana DiMarzio ( Beggar Woman / Lucy Barker ; clarinet ), Benjamin Magnuson ( Anthony Hope ; cello, piano ), Lauren Molina ( Johanna Barker ; cello ), Manoel Felciano ( Tobias ; violin, clarinet, piano ), Patti LuPone ( Mrs. Lovett ; tuba, percussion ), and Michael Cerveris ( Sweeney Todd ; guitar ).

A concerto ( from the, plural concerti or, often, the anglicised form concertos ) is a musical composition usually composed in four parts or movements, in which ( usually ) one solo instrument ( for instance, a piano, violin, cello or flute ) is accompanied by an orchestra.

* Vivaldi's concerti for 2, 3 or 4 violins, for 2 cellos, for 2 mandolins, for 2 trumpets, for 2 flutes, for oboe and bassoon, for cello and bassoon ... etc.

His compositions include a concerto for two cellos and orchestra ( 1950 ), a solo cello suite in D, and two sonatas for cello and piano.

The cello section is divided, with just two players playing the flowing-water notes on muted instruments, with the remaining cellos playing mostly pizzicato notes together with the double basses.

Popper was a prolific composer of music for his instrument, writing four concertos, a Requiem for three cellos and orchestra ( 1891 ) and a number of smaller pieces which are still played today, including the ever-popular cello solo piece Tarantella.

463-464, the violas and cellos echo the cello line from m. 148 of the second movement of the latter's " Clock " Symphony, one of the finest examples of Haydn's pioneering work in the symphonic variation form.

The cellos of the orchestra repeat this, accompanied by the solo cello playing fast sixteenth notes.

This is followed by the first theme of the first movement played by the cellos of the orchestra, accompanied by scales in the solo cello.

* Hamlet Ballad for four cellos or cello ensemble ( 2005 ).

Cello rock and cello metal are subgenres of rock music characterized by the use of cellos ( as well as other bowed string instruments such as the violin and viola ) as primary instruments, alongside or in place of more traditional rock instruments such as electric guitars, electric bass guitar, and drum set.

The electric cello has several advantages over acoustic cellos.

It is also known for introducing the band's pioneering use of distortion effects pedals on their cellos, single-handedly launching the underground genre known as cello rock.

The cello played by Stern was the 1684 " General Kyd ", one of only about 60 cellos made by Stradivarius.

Finally, " You Are Forgiven " is sung by Pete Townshend — his only lead vocal on the album ( except, on most versions of the album, a small part of " Heat Wave ") The Who wanted cellos at the final " mini "- movement, " You Are Forgiven ", but producer and manager Kit could not afford it so they ended up saying " Cello, cello, cello ".

* Cello Concerto No. 3 The Prisoner for solo cello and 8 cellos ( 1995 )

He is known to have composed 4 piano trios: Opp. 14, 45, 47 & 90, 13 string quartets, only two of which have been published, 2 Octets ( Op. 78 for 4 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos and Op. 62 for 2 violins, viola, cello, bass, clarinet, horn, and bassoon ) a quartet for flute and string trio Op. 84, a quintet for piano and winds Op. 80, a quintet for piano and string quartet Op. 20 and several instrumental sonatas.

It begins with a solo cello which is in turn ' answered ' by the remaining cellos and the double basses.

These are some of the finest examples of the baroque-style Concerti Grossi concertos for a concertino group of a 1st violin, a 2nd violin and a cello, and a ripieno group of 1st violins, 2nd violins, violas, cellos and continuo.

* Introduction and Fugue for 4 cellos or cello orchestra, Op.

They include two concertos for pianoforte, one in C major and one in B flat major, ( both 1773 ); a concerto for organ in C Major in two movements, ( the middle movement is missing from the autograph score, or perhaps, it was an improvised organ solo ) ( also 1773 ); two concertante works: a concerto for oboe, violin and cello in D major ( 1770 ), and a flute and oboe concerto in C major ( 1774 ).

Opus 70 is a set of two Piano Trios by Ludwig van Beethoven, written for piano, violin, and cello.

97, by Ludwig van Beethoven is a piano trio for piano, violin, and cello, finished in 1811.

A person who plays a cello is called a cellist.

The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, in a string orchestra, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra.

The name cello is an abbreviation of the Italian violoncello, which means " little violone ", referring to the violone (" big viol "), the lowest-pitched instrument of the viol family, the group of string instruments that went out of fashion around the end of the 17th century in most countries except France, where they survived another half-century or so before the louder violin family came into greater favour in that country too.

It is now customary to use the name " cello " without the apostrophe and as a full designation.

This endpin is generally more robust than that of a cello, because of the greater mass of the double bass.

This technique — also used on the cello — is called thumb position.

These parts are usually given to the cello section because it is a smaller instrument and are typically tuned together.

There is a small body of works written for piano quintet with the instrumentation of piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass.

" The Elephant " from Camille Saint-Saëns ' The Carnival of the Animals is a satirical portrait of the double bass, and American virtuoso Gary Karr made his televised debut playing " The Swan " ( originally written for the cello ) with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

The first A is an expansive threnody on solo cello ( Schmidt's own instrument ) whose seamless lyricism predates Strauss's Metamorphosen by more than a decade ( its theme is later adjusted to form the scherzo of the symphony ); the B section is an equally expansive funeral march ( deliberately referencing Beethoven's Eroica in its texture ) whose dramatic climax is marked by an orchestral crescendo culminating in a gong and cymbal crash ( again, a clear allusion to similar climaxes in the later symphonies of Bruckner, and followed by what Harold Truscott has brilliantly described as a " reverse climax ", leading back to a repeat of the A section ).

In Mexico, the popular mariachi band includes a range of guitars, from the tiny requinto to the guitarrón, a guitar larger than a cello, which is tuned in the bass register.

The tenor guitar is tuned in fifths, C G D A, as is the tenor banjo and the cello.

Mozart's Clarinet Quintet is similarly a piece written for an ensemble consisting of 2 violins, a viola, a cello and a clarinet, the last being the exceptional addition to a " normal " string quartet.

If, for example, a cello player is assigned a gavotte that was originally written for harpsichord, this gives the student insight in how to play the piece.

Another common type of Western art music quartet is the piano quartet, consisting of violin, viola, cello, and piano.