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The difficulty of playing the cello (violoncello) varies from moderately hard to extremely difficult. You must learn the exact places on the fingerboard on which to put your fingers for it to be totally in tune. You must hold the cello and bow right. It is difficult, but gets very easy when you have been playing for seven years as I have.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe lowest note a cello can play (without deliberately tuning the string lower) is C (two octaves below middle C) the highest string is A (just below middle C) but you can play much higher notes on the A string.
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∙ 13y agoYou would have to play both to know. But viola is difficult in the same ways as violin and it reads in a different clef. Cello definitely shifts more. It plays in three clefs and gives you more of a workout. You decide.
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Can viola play cello music notes?
Plain answer: Yes. If, desired, explanation: If by "cello music notes" you mean "bass clef notes" then certainly, a viola can play those. A cello can also play the notes which are usually played by viola, called alto clef notes. Since viola and cello have the same intervals and same note range, they can play each other's music as long as the musician can read both clefs.
What has a lower pitch a violin or cello?
A cello can play in the range of a violin (much of it), if that's what you mean, but a violin's highest note is much higher than a cello's highest note.
What instrument can play the highest a double bass or a viola?
The Viola can play higher. Pitches of String Instruments from highest to lowest are: Violin Viola Cello Double Bass
What is the use of viola?
The viola is the best instrument in the world....okay I'm biased because I play one!! The viola is basically the chord filler. It fits the harmony in. In string quartets it can play with the violins or the cello. It also closes the gap between violin and cello so that the sound is complete.
What stringed instrument is bigger than a violin but smaller than a cello?
The viola is both larger than the violin and smaller than the cello.
Where does the cello play?
The cello is mainly played in orchestras along with violin, viola, and bass.
Can viola play cello music notes?
Plain answer: Yes. If, desired, explanation: If by "cello music notes" you mean "bass clef notes" then certainly, a viola can play those. A cello can also play the notes which are usually played by viola, called alto clef notes. Since viola and cello have the same intervals and same note range, they can play each other's music as long as the musician can read both clefs.
What has a lower pitch a violin or cello?
A cello can play in the range of a violin (much of it), if that's what you mean, but a violin's highest note is much higher than a cello's highest note.
What is the difference between cello music and viola music?
the difference between cello and viola music is that cello sounds lower then viola
What instrument can play the highest a double bass or a viola?
The Viola can play higher. Pitches of String Instruments from highest to lowest are: Violin Viola Cello Double Bass
What is the shape of a cello?
The cello has the shape of a violin, but about much larger. When you play, it is kept it place by your knees, and you must sit down to play, unlike the violin or viola.
What is the use of viola?
The viola is the best instrument in the world....okay I'm biased because I play one!! The viola is basically the chord filler. It fits the harmony in. In string quartets it can play with the violins or the cello. It also closes the gap between violin and cello so that the sound is complete.
What instrument are in a string quartet?
Typically a string quartet is two violins, one viola, one cello.
Is cello lower pitched or is viola lower?
cello
What instrument is the largest out of the Viola Violin and the Cello?
The cello.
What stringed instrument is bigger than a violin but smaller than a cello?
The viola is both larger than the violin and smaller than the cello.
What instrument is larger a violin a cello or a viola?
viola
