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VIOLONCELLO (Fr. violoncelle, Ger. Violoncell, Ital. violoncello) , the See also: bass member of the See also: violin See also: family
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Although the word violoncello is a diminutive, signifying " small violone," or See also: double bass, the instrument is really a bass violin, formed on a different See also: model from the violone, which has the sloping shoulders and flat back of the See also: viol family, whereas those of the violoncello are rounded as in the violin
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The construction of the violoncello is therefore the same as that of the violin (q.v.) but on a much larger See also: scale
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It is either held, on account of its See also: size, between the performer's knees, or rests on the floor supported on a See also: foot or spike
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