Typically, the first violin has the melody ... guiding and influencing the harmonies we hear. Playing the role of the cello in the book is, unsurprisingly, the cello. Its guiding influence ...

It's a close cousin of the violin, viola, and double bass ... which holds the cello up by digging in to the floor. Range A cello can play from a low C, two octaves below middle C, known as C2, up to a ...