A young violinist, 'cellist or flutist has to study for some time before he can produce a tone of good musical quality on his instrument.
Mechanical instruments will no more drive the good pianist or violinist or 'cellist out of his profession than the public library, as many once feared, will drive the bookseller out of business.
The 'cellist played on.
There was opportunity, however, for ensemble work with a good violinist and 'cellist.
Yet, though the second violin or the 'cellist may be, comparatively speaking, a better player than the first violin, the latter is and must be the leader.
cellist
noun[C]
uk/ˈtʃel.ɪst/us/ˈtʃel.ɪst/
amusicianwhoplaysthecello
大提琴手，大提琴演奏家
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Some people aren't cut out to be cellists, because they lack talent, patience, or simply can't find satisfaction in it.
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As there was limited room for all the young players in the small music school, all except the cellists stood to play.
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This would be particularly true from the seated cellists' point of view if the violinists were standing.
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They selected for rating seven performances representing all cellists and all possible variants of performing.
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Or, if one avenue is cut off, another may take its place - a trombonist may become acellist, for example, or a listener a performer.
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Thecellistused the floor vibrations to activate the strings and body of his instrument.
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They make thecellistfeel more confident when he or she is playing.
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That gainsaid, he ensured with this concert that another, younger, solocellisttook the work into her repertoire.
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As always, the cellists are exempted from this consideration.
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The instrument without a full resonating body will be acoustically limited, and many pick-ups will miss the full range of audio that is produced by a skilledcellist.
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When for two cellists the visual expressiveness had been rated as rather neutral (low average), the emotional level was rated somewhat higher for aural presentation than for audio-visual presentation.
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That he owned one in 1787 suggests that, despite his apparent abandonment of a virtuoso career after 1770, he continued to take himself seriously as acellist.
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Thecellistis furthermore anchored, if in good playing posture, with both feet on the floor and the cello firmly secure between the legs, so lateral movement is difficult.
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In addition, among instruments with an early starting age, there is a negative relationship between early start and high grades among violinists andcellist, and a positive relationship for pianists.
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He became one of the best known virtuoso cellists of his time.
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