Cello Instrument History

Cello developed from the bass violin, which at first Jambe de Fer refer to the year 1556, which is actually an instrument with three strings. A composer's first specifies bass violin is in sacrae symphoniae Gabrieli, 1597. Monteverdy later followed in his footsteps by reference to instruments "basso de viola da braccio" in Orfeonya (1607). Although the first bass violin created by Amati in early 1548, inspired by a viol, which was created as a violin solo. Bass violin is usually known as a "violone" or "large viola". Instrument is then played together in an art show in Italy at the beginning of the 15th century.

String form of wire found in Bologna about the year 1660 that allows the creation of a better bass sound using strings of animal intestine in the body a short instrument. However, this instrument still has some drawbacks. Weak cello sound is less suited to be played in the stage show as well as in the church and should be coated with the bass or violin.

Although the cello has many similarities to the viola da gamba, the cello is actually part of the viola da braccio types, meaning "viol hand" which among others include violin and viola. And patterns such as "The Rustic Wedding" and de Fer Bruegel's work in music Epitome shows that the violin can be played in a variety of positions, which are also considered more practical and ergonomic than gamba. Cello in a different era of Baroque music with modern instruments in a variety of ways. The neck has a different form and angle. Modern cellos have an endopin on the bottom that allows you to sustain (and a voice through the medium of the floor), while Baroque cellos music era of the calves supported only by the cellist.

Modern arc curving into and held in the joints, while the Baroque music era arc curved out and held on the balance point is approached. Modern strings normally have a metal core, although some of them use a synthetic core; stringed Baroque era music using materials from animal gut, with the G and C strings wire-wound using a string. Modern Cello usually has five tuners connecting the strings to the edges, which makes tuning. In general, the modern instrument has high tension strings are better than cello Baroque music era, which makes producing a louder, stronger voice and a more minimal overtones.

Before the 18th century no educational work on cello, and when it was there, the artists became inspired to explore the potential of the technique to play them.