Cello

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #E7710F">Music is a link that connects the past to the present and musical instrument is a thread that joins different cultures. The Cello is one such continuous instrument having a glorious past as well as a dynamic present. It is basically a bass instrument with low frequency or range. It lends harmonic or rhythmic support to the orchestra and is the lowest part of the harmony. It is a string instrument of the violin family, and is basically a tenor and bass instrument and is described as the closest sounding instrument to the human voice. Mostly associated with the Baroque Era of European classical and instrumental music, the Cello was a part of the standard orchestra and the bass voice of string quartet and chamber music. The Baroque Era was a period of artistic style that used exaggerated movements and interpretation to produce drama and music and is referred to as the ‘Golden Period’ when music was being re–invented. The main ensemble of musical instruments of the Baroque era was the unfretted, bowed strings instruments of violin family and the most important being an instrument in the approximate range of a Cello. A number of concerts and sonatas have been written for the Cello. Let us learn more about this instrument.</p>
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Celesta

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #753B3A">The Celesta is closely associated with music which depicts emotions of the romantic, mythical, lustrous and the mysterious type. It belongs to the percussion family of musical instruments as well as a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. A struck idiophone is any musical instrument that is made to vibrate when struck either by a stick or by hand. The Celesta possesses an interesting dual character and is also a transposing musical instrument where the pitch sounded is different from the pitch written. The sound of the Celesta is soft and of subtle timbre and hence its name, Celesta, which means ‘heavenly’ in French. Ballets and operas, where ethereal dreams sequences are conjured on stage come to life with the accompaniment of the heavenly sound of the Celesta playing in the background. The sweetness of the tone, the ethereal quality of sound produced, the warmth and the lingering melody similar to a rippling effect symbolize the soft music of the Celesta. Let us learn more about this instrument.</p>
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Brass

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #ffffff">The mechanism, pitch, shape and the notes decide the family to which an instrument may belong to. They can be more particularly described as instruments of change by their sheer magnitude of sound. The Trumpet, Trombone, Horn and Tuba are the instruments that belong to the Brass family of musical instruments. This family of instruments is clearly distinguished by their ability to play louder than any other instrument and can even be heard from far away. Brass instruments are essentially very long pipes with bell–like shapes as ends. The pipes are twisted, curved and folded into different shapes. Their earlier ancestors may have been made from wood, tusks, animal horns or shells. However, today’s instruments are made from brass. The earlier instruments were used for specific purpose other than music. In the medieval times, they were used to proclaim the arrival of the monarchs and troops. Great masters of music such as Mozart and Beethoven used Brass instruments in their ensemble of sacred music. Later, they were used by military and gradually became a part of musical ensembles.</p>
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