Orchestral Scoring & Writing for Strings - The Cello

A detailed look at the cello and how best to write for it. The Cello is one of the most expressive and versatile instruments in the orchestra and this orchestration video illustrates the various dimensions of Cello capability across a wide pitch and expressive range. It explains the three clefs used by the Cello, talks about it’s expressive qualities as a melodic instrument as well as demonstrating it’s usefulness as a bass line instrument. If you want to write for Cello or learn to appreciate it’s capability then this video is for you.

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🕘 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to the cello
1:27 - The range of the cello
2:42 - Which clefs does the cello use?
5:05 - Sound characteristics of the cello
6:27 - Things to be careful of

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