The orchestral arrangements feature a full brass section, a cello and the 16-piece John Alldis choir, which take most of the lead melody lines, while Pink Floyd mainly provide the backing tracks ; a reverse of the 1960s pop music practice of using orchestration as the background, and putting the rock band in front.

The Argument saw Fugazi continue to expand upon the more experimental art rock leanings of Red Medicine and End Hits while also heavily incorporating other instruments, such as piano and cello into their sound.

The same type of chamber music ensemble – two violins, a viola and a cello – for which Mozart and Beethoven wrote can also be used to comment on international politics, interpret avant-garde rock and incorporate music from every corner of the world

* Andrew Lloyd Webber – Variations ( 1977 ), Variations ( album ) originally for cello and rock band, and used as the theme for The South Bank Show, later also arranged for cello and orchestra ; Song & Dance – the Dance part is a reworked version of Variations

Skeleton Crew was a United States experimental rock and jazz group from 1982 to 1986, comprising core members Fred Frith ( guitar ) and Tom Cora ( cello ), with Zeena Parkins ( harp ) joining later.

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.

Cellos, often in groups of three or more, are used to create a sound, rhythm, and texture similar to that of familiar rock music, but distinctly reshaped by the unique timbres and more traditional genres of the cello ( in particular ) and other string instruments used.

* Primitivity ( formed in 2000 ) is a cello rock band from Washington, D. C ..

* The 440 Alliance ( formed in 2004 ), is an American cello rock band from Arlington, Texas consisting of four cellists and a percussionist.

* The Piano Guys Instrumental duo rock cello duo

The electric cello has not yet achieved the status of the ubiquitous electric guitar, or even the widespread success of the electric violin, although some rock groups like Apocalyptica have attempted to popularize the instrument.

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.

Live, Providence was an impressive unit that drew heavily on the combined power of Bob Barriatua's bass and Tim Tompkins ' cello, the two instruments combining to create a rock edge that could be quite intense.

Predating Birmingham's Electric Light Orchestra ' by two years, ASFB was one of the first " rock " bands A Beautiful Day, with violinist David LaFlamme, preceded ASFB in 1967 to use violin and cello as an integral part of rhythmic music.

Buckmaster: " There were a couple of medium tempo rock instrumental pieces, with simple motifs and rifly kind of grooves, with a line-up of David's rhythm section ( Carlos Alomar et al ) plus J Peter Robinson on Rhodes-Fender and me on cello and some synth overdubs, using ARP Odyssey and Solina.

* 2007-Latvian instrumental cello rock trio Melo-M included a cover version in their 2007 album Singalongs.

This track showed the group at their best, starting off with a straight rendition of Bach's music ( featuring two oboes, guitar and cello ), then migrating into a rock song, while continuing to use Bach's original music for its basis.

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.

He left the group to pursue music ministry, but he has made scattered guest appearances with the band ( he played cello on their MTV Unplugged performance in 1996, and played drums at Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas, on June 27, 2008 ).

Another Setting ( 1983 ) was again Reilly and Mitchell ; in 1984 the band was expanded to include Richard Henry ( trombone ), Maunagh Fleming ( cor anglais and oboe ), Blaine Reininger ( of Tuxedomoon ; violin and viola ), Mervyn Fletcher ( saxophone ), Caroline Lavelle ( cello ), and Tim Kellett ( trumpet ).

and the track was featured on " cello metal " band Apocalyptica's 2006 album Amplified // A Decade of Reinventing the Cello.

The band featured Andy Gangadeen ( drums ), Nogera ( percussion ), Chris Taylor ( bass ), Pete Callard ( guitar ), Harry Escott ( cello ) and Dick Trevor ( keyboards and programming ); Michele Adamson and Hari Om ( voices ), three dancers, and for one song only ( Nothing is Something Worth Doing ) Manu Delago on hang drum.

A prolific composer, Herbert produced two operas, a cantata, 43 operettas, incidental music to 10 plays, 31 compositions for orchestra, nine band compositions, nine cello compositions, five violin compositions with piano or orchestra, 22 piano compositions and numerous songs, choral compositions and orchestrations of works by other composers, among other music.

Herbert was a prolific composer, producing two operas, one cantata, 43 operettas, incidental music to 10 stage productions, 31 compositions for orchestra, nine band compositions, nine cello compositions, five violin compositions with piano or orchestra, 22 piano compositions, one flute and clarinet duet with orchestra, numerous songs, including many for the Ziegfeld Follies, and other works, 12 choral compositions, and numerous orchestrations of works by other composers, among other compositions.

Deciding he wanted to head off in a different musical direction, Wood left, taking band members Bill Hunt ( keyboards and french horn ) and Hugh McDowell ( cello ), as well as ELO's sound engineer, Trevor Smith, with him, to form Wizzard.

Group dances are performed to music provided typically by an ensemble, or dance band, which may include fiddle, bagpipe, accordion, tin whistle, cello, keyboard and percussion.

One of these, a collection of primarily instrumental works entitled Parables, contains 25 works, many for unaccompanied wind instruments ( complete listing below ), and his 15 Serenades include such unconventional combinations as a trio for trombone, viola, and cello as well as selections for orchestra, for band, and for duo piano.

Formerly of the band The Servants, Haines created the Auteurs with his then-girlfriend Alice Readman on bass guitar, former classmate Glenn Collins on drums, and later added James Banbury on cello.

While the trio forms the core part of the band, the group's recordings and performances feature a varying ensemble of musicians, who play a range of string instruments ( including viola and cello ) in combination with piano, guitars, electric bass guitar, and a drum set that includes a large orchestral bass drum.

The original members of the band were Nancy " Nansi " Nevins ( lead vocals / guitar ), August Burns ( cello ), Albert Moore ( flute / backing vocals ), Alan Malarowitz ( drums ), Elpidio Cobian ( conga drums ), Alex Del Zoppo ( keyboards ) and Fred Herrera ( bass ).

* This song was covered by Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica for a free tribute CD issued by Metal Hammer magazine, as well as the Deluxe Edition of their album 7th Symphony.

He has experimented with a combo of three string-players ( violin, cello and double bass ) and drums in 1991, under the name Fields in Miniature, and has worked in other musical fields, including collaboarations with UK post punk band The Pop Group in 1979, The Ex during the early 1990s and Ig Henneman Tentet.

* Cult ( album ), an album by cello metal band Apocalyptica

* Coppelius ( formed in 1997 ) Coppelius is a German band which plays metal on drums, double bass, cello and clarinet.

* From 2000 to 2005, The Kitchen produced a music series called Kitchen House Blend in which it commissioned composers to write music for its " house band "-an experimental chamber ensemble whose instrumentation included drums, percussion, keyboards, trumpet, trombone, high and low reeds, and electric and acoustic violin, cello, and bass.

In 2006 Hassbecker, Barton, and Reznicek announced a new electro-acoustic tour with actress and singer Anna Loos ; the live band included Reznicek's son Bastian on drums, Hassbecker's son Daniel on cello, and former Rockhaus guitarist Reinhard Petereit.

The endpin or spike is the component of a cello or double bass that makes contact with the floor to support the instrument's weight.

* Antonio Stradivarius makes the " Duke of Marlborough " cello.

This exposition repeats, followed by a development mostly of the second half of the opening theme's first phrase, together with a version of the insistent descending fifth ( F #- B F #- B F #- B ) that had accompanied the last part of the exposition, building to a peak of energy, in which the cello makes two-octave leaps bridged by acciaccaturas against fortissimo variants of the opening theme, after which another theme ( the B minor theme, the first theme of the second group ) is heard and varied at some length, and the music, after another surge, dies away into the quiet return of the opening theme.

As with most of his other pieces, Suite No. 2 is impressively unique, not only in its challenge as a piece, but for its most humbling moments — the piece calls for no fewer than four varieties of pizzicato ( normal, slap, snap, and left hand ), and makes frequent use of the three common cello clefs, requiring the cellist to be comfortable in all of his or her left-hand positions in order to even approach the piece.

* David Tecchler makes the cello now on loan to Denis Brott from the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank.

In comparison with other electronically amplified string instruments, such as the electric violin, viola and cello, the EUB has been taken up by a wider range of players, perhaps because a traditional upright bass's size makes it challenging to transport when compared to smaller instruments in the family.

* Antonio Stradivari makes the " Castelbarco " cello.

A forceful orchestral climax gives way to a hushed, tense mood where the cello makes its final statement, ending on a resigned low D.