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ORCHESTRA MAP

TRIANGLE
TIMPANI
CYMBALS
TRUMPETS
SIDE DRUM
FRENCH HORNS
TROMBONES
BASSOONS
CLARINETS
BASS DRUM
TUBA
OBOES
CONTRABASSOON
BASS CLARINET
PICCOLO
FLUTES
SECOND VIOLINS
VIOLAS
ENGLISH HORN
PIANO
HARP
FIRST VIOLINS
CELLOS
BASSES
CONDUCTOR
Learn more about the double bass , and watch subsequent issues of Overture as we explore more INSTRUMENTS of the orchestra !

A QUICK GUIDE TO THE CELLO

• Body is made of soft and hard woods to create a hollow chamber
• Must be played in a vertical position
• Pitched an octave between the viola and the double bass
Fingerboard
Bridge
Scroll
Tuning Pegs
Strings
F Hole
HISTORY OF THE CELLO
1500s The cello emerged in northern Italy and Germany .
1700s Antonio Stradivari , a renowned craftsman of string instruments , stabilized the cello ’ s size and shape .
1720 Bach proved the cello could shine in the musical spotlight all by itself with his Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello .
Tailpiece
Endpin
1895 Dvořák demonstrated the modern cello ’ s ability to hold its own against a large orchestra in his Cello Concerto of 1895 .
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