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How to pronounce cello in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms violoncello
Type of bowed stringed instrument, string
Derivation cellist

Examples of cello

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Cello Lounge, an acoustic cello and guitar duo, will perform during the tasting.
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The CSO is buying a seat on every flight for principal cellist Eric Kim's cello.
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Through most of the sonata, Brahms moves the piano and cello together in rhythm.
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He stumbled across a tattered copy of six cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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He played the cello and harpsichord in addition to the oboe and later the organ.
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They broke bread in the East Room and listened to Yo-Yo Ma's cello over dessert.
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The cello sonata was the last of Chopin's works to be published in his lifetime.
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Hershey Kay, 41, got into his present work largely to escape playing the cello.
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Then he gets a cello from a reader who can no longer play because of arthritis.
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  • The cello (pronounced ; plural cellos or celli) is a bowed string instrument. The word derives from the Italian violoncello. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra. ...
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  • Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintock as a reflection on the theme of time at the turn of the Millennium. ...
  • A large stringed instrument of the violin family with four strings. (From lowest to highest C-G-D-A)
  • (Cellos) are usually tuned to a reference pitch of A4 at 440 Hz, though tuning to other frequencies, such as 442 Hz is also common.
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