Cello and Viola

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Cello noun - A large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing.

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Viola and cello are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Viola" instead a noun "Cello".

Nearby Word: cellist

Viola noun - A bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower.

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Cello and viola are semantically related. You can use "Cello" instead a noun "Viola".

Nearby Words: violin, viol

To clarify, the contrabass is a viol, which is actually a different instrument family than the violin, viola and cello, and tunes in fourths instead of the fifths that the others do.

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String trio — a violin, a viola and a cello.

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String quartet — two violins, a viola and a cello.

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