I don't mean your favourite song with a string instrument in. I mean when you hear it played so well it sounds like the best noise in the world.

I have to say Cello. Really hard to master but sound so good when played. Then piano. Then bass.

But yeah, I love the sound of a cello, I wish there was more used in music that is not classical.

As I spent many years learning to master it- I have to say viola. Sound with a deep resonance that violins just can't muster, but with the same liveliness of tone, and only those with big hands need apply. A bit of a minority choice, but then I also played cello and violin too and still preferred my viola.

Anyone wanting to hear the beautiful range should beg or borrow a copy of Telleman's viola concerto- just stunning.

Actually contemporary musicians are increasingly featuring the cello in their music - Tom McRae, Damian Rice and KT Tunstall are some I've seen recently.

I first saw Damian Rice at Brixton Academy about 2 years ago and while he was off stage his female cellist played and sang Seven Nation Army. Absolutely amazing! The crowd went nuts! In fact it was so amazing it inspired me to take the cello up! Admittedly it's still a work in progress!

Originally posted by shoegal
Actually contemporary musicians are increasingly featuring the cello in their music - Tom McRae, Damian Rice and KT Tunstall are some I've seen recently.

I first saw Damian Rice at Brixton Academy about 2 years ago and while he was off stage his female cellist played and sang Seven Nation Army. Absolutely amazing! The crowd went nuts! In fact it was so amazing it inspired me to take the cello up! Admittedly it's still a work in progress!

I wasn't saying no one used them, just more people should.

Kathryn Williams song Flicker is such a nice song cello in.

Like I say, more people should.

Although my favourite music is punk, you've gotta admire well played cellos.

I have three favourite stringed instruments. Firstly, the violin, and my favourite violinists are Salvatore Accardo and Anne Sophie Mutter. Secondly, the guitar, and my favourite guitarists are John McLaughlin and Robert Fripp. Thirdly, the cello, and I enjoy the playing of Miroslav Rostropovitch and Jenny Ward Clarke [latter in Saloman Quartet] the most.

The violin. I used to play it (very, very badly) at school. Played well, it's sublime.

well guitar...coz its the only thing someone as un-talented as me can get their head around and come up with songs on :)

yngwie malmsteen, steve vai, eddie van halen....make you think theres no point in practicing coz you'll never be as good.

andy cairns (therapy), ginger (wildhearts) and kurt cobain make you realise you can make songs without widdling all over them.

:cool: :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Gethical
But yeah, I love the sound of a cello, I wish there was more used in music that is not classical.
Therapy used a cello on a few numbers, as their guitarist at the time could play it... DIANE was the song that really used it most. And what a fantastic song it is (although a cover...a great version)

I think this is the only year in about 10 I haven't seen theapy? They had a 3 piece band last time I saw them I think. Unless I saw them earlier in the year.

Never seen them bring a cello onto the stage though.

Originally posted by Gethical
I think this is the only year in about 10 I haven't seen theapy? They had a 3 piece band last time I saw them I think. Unless I saw them earlier in the year.

Never seen them bring a cello onto the stage though.
they usually do a different (naff) version on diane... but i've got their live dvd from ...er this year i think and i think he uses on their on a few songs.

yeah down to a 3 piece i think, i havent seen them on their last tour but one of the best live bands around, really good to the croud and always show how much they love performing.

I quite like the sound of the Sitar as its quite an unusual instrument

Sitar (http://chandrakantha.com/articles/indian_music/sitar/parts.html)

I love the banjo (http://aolsearch.aol.co.uk/image_browse?query=banjo&first=&last=&imgurl=http://crh.choate.edu/english/salot/Mount%20Banjo%20Player.jpg&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcrh.choate.edu%2Fenglish%2Fsal ot%2FArt--%2520Slavery%2520and%2520African%2520Americans.htm&width=471&height=600&requestId=2b6048ea6adb618d&clickedItemRank=8&encquery=banjo&page=) . Me and the brothers do!:D

It has to be the cello. What a beautiful, sonorous, soulful sound it is capable of making. For me it is the most spiritual of instruments.

My favourites are Bach's cello suites, the Cello concertos by Haydn, Dvorak and Elgar, and of course any of the string quartets by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert, where the cello plays a crucial role.

My favourite quotation about the cello was made by Sir Thomas Beecham, who was not pleased with a rehearsal performance by a female celloist. He is supposed to have said to her:

'Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands, and all you can do is scratch it!'.

Originally posted by LordChaverly


'Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands, and all you can do is scratch it!'. He may have been refering to her ****

Originally posted by miniminch
He may have been refering to her ****

I wonder why no one else has ever thought of this? How astute you are mini and what a rapier-like wit you have.

I am sure that Beecham would be taken aback and outraged by the connotation you give to his well-known reprimand of the female cellist.

Originally posted by LordChaverly
I wonder why no one else has ever thought of this? How astute you are mini and what a rapier-like wit you have.

I am sure that Beecham would be taken aback and outraged by the connotation you give to his well-known reprimand of the female cellist. She may have had a **** the size of a cello? You never know? or played like a total ****.
and anyway quentin how do you know what the **** was. I may have said 'cake' or 'wasp' or 'jugs' and was too scared to say it? Think on crisp!:cool:

And anyway Q the joke was that Beecham was refering to that; the cello not being in the equation. And it's only ***** like you that have read too much into it! I hate explaining jokes to people!:rolleyes:

The harp... very soft and soothing on the ear! and can be quite romantic... :)

Originally posted by Angel05
The harp... very soft and soothing on the ear! and can be quite romantic... :) and ironically shaped like a ****

Unlike you, Quentin Crisp was a genuinely witty writer. I suggest you read some of his works in order to pick up some clues as to how to write elegantly, with wit and style (and also how to write memorable one liners). I can't say that I'm hopeful, but at least it might provide you with a glimmer of insight into why your many posts amount to little more than a gushing well of tapped untalent (I'm really entering into the Xmas spirit now).

Originally posted by LordChaverly
Unlike you, Quentin Crisp was a genuinely witty writer. I suggest you read some of his works in order to pick up some clues as to how to write elegantly, with wit and style (and also how to write memorable one liners). I can't say that I'm hopeful, but at least it might provide you with a glimmer of insight into why your many posts amount to little more than a gushing well of tapped untalent (I'm really entering into the Xmas spirit now). Oh, so you’ve not read my early work. Which, incidentally, was described by someone as quite breathtakingly beautiful in the tradition of Milton; posts that seem to have been penned by Dante himself!
. The posts about ‘post office closures’ are some of the best and wittiest posts you are ever likely to read anywhere. One post, on the ‘route of the number 53 bus’ led one forumer to state ‘never before have I read a post of such elegant beauty; if I hadn’t seen it there before me with my dear old eyes, I should think such astute well crafted observations regarding some ‘road works’ would have been impossible to make. I wept blood such were the power of their insight; to some they were about a ‘pelican crossing;’ for me they were indicative of your vision for an intellectual restructuring of the philosophical universal order.’ He was banned for three weeks for saying this but still! So think on numbnuts!
:cool:

Originally posted by miniminch
and ironically shaped like a ****

Strange person you! :)

Originally posted by Angel05
Strange person you! :) strange horny? or strange bananas?:cool: