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- Dictionarycello/ˈtʃɛləʊ/
noun
- 1. a bass instrument of the violin family, held upright on the floor between the legs of the seated player.
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The violoncello ( VY-ə-lən-CHEL-oh, ), often simply abbreviated as cello ( CHEL-oh), is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C 2, G 2, D 3 and A 3 . The viola's four strings are each an octave higher. Music for the cello is generally written in the bass clef, with tenor clef,... Wikipedia