Instruments
Strings
Cello
The earliest time period that cello music was written for.
Baroque
Book 1
Minuet No. 2
This major key has 2 #s
D Major
Rhythm ex 1
Ta-titi-ta-titi
Medieval
Hurdy Gurdy
The material cello strings were originally made from.
Sheep/goat gut strings.
Book 2
Witches Dance
A 3 note group, when played together they make a chord, when separately an arpeggio.
A triad
Rhythm ex. 2
Ta(a)-ta(i)-ti
Brass
Tuba
This addition to cello wasn't added until the mid 1800s
The endpin.
Book 3
Berceuse
A pattern of notes that repeats, raised or lowered.
Sequence
Rhythm ex. 3
tikitiki-shh-tikitiki-ta(i)-ti
Percussion
Marimba
The cello's full name.
Violoncello
Book 4
Chanson Triste
This musical form has an Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation.
Sonata form.
Rhythm ex. 4
Ta-triola-ta-tikitiki
Electronic
Theremin
Bach wrote this many Suites for solo cello.
6
Book 5
The 3 minor scales.
Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic
Rhythm ex. 5
Triola-titi-triola-tikitiki