celli

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“Now, against the Beethoven rhythm and the antiphonal outcry (E), the 'celli intone a spacious and somber melody whose beginning is shown at F.”

“The dynamics of the celli have⟳ to be extended to the basses, for it would not make⟳ sense⟳ to have⟳ the basses operating under their last⟳ dynamics mark⟳, of the previous bar, which is ppp.”

“The balance of strings in these two orchestras emphasized the lowest tessitura; Charles Burney criticized the Italians for having more double⟳ basses than celli and for playing the instrument "... so coarsely that it produced a sound⟳ no more musical than the stroke of a hammer⟳."”

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