# Does everyone like the cello? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2013, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821 "2013-03-02T14:15:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/21 "2013-03-02T23:29:00Z")
Good job guys, I knew Pachebel would make it in here at some point. > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I don’t like that it’s not spelled “chello”. Why don’t you ask Cezar Mateus or Andrea Tacchi to grab some vermicelli and a bough, work magic, and fashion that into a bow somehow. If you want a smaller instrument, get a lira da braccio And maybe a crwth, while you’re at it. Oh, and IMHO it’s an instrument somewhat associated with nerdiness it seems. I like all stringed instruments, but it seems some people hate them, especially violins (ubiquity?). ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/22 "2013-03-02T23:48:35Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > It is also probably the sexiest instrument, though I couldn’t tell you exactly why. I agree with this. It first came to my attention in a Walker Percy novel called _Love in the Ruins_…something about the way Lola held it, and the low, vibrating sound… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/23 "2013-03-02T23:49:50Z")
Violins? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/B5NBMXrE2bg/hqdefault.jpg "Yngwie Malmsteen Far beyond the Sun by Violin") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NBMXrE2bg) Yep. Nerds. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/24 "2013-03-03T00:39:41Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > The other day I was thinking about cellos. There’s just so much to like about them. They can play high, low, or in between. They have a beautiful sound.? Is that you, JJ Abrams? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/25 "2013-03-04T07:14:23Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > I am old enough to remember that, when you saw a female orchestra member wearing pants, it was certain that they played cello. All of the other performers had to wear skirts. Hah! That takes me back to an old _Encyclopedia Brown_ mystery. The alibi of one of the story’s villains was blown because, although she claimed that she had just returned from cello practice, she was wearing a really tight skirt. ---
**Author:** ![theR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/26 "2013-03-04T14:18:51Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I don’t like that it’s not spelled “chello”. Tip it on its side and, Chello-o-o, you got a bass. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/27 "2013-03-04T14:25:07Z")
I love the cello. And the [Mandocello](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandolin#Mandolin_family) ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/28 "2013-03-04T14:42:55Z")
I love the cello. Such a rich, flexible sound. I’m delighted to see more cellists branching out from orchestral use. > [@NAF1138](#): > > It is also probably the sexiest instrument, though I couldn’t tell you exactly why. Let’s see, a large resonating device held between the legs…it’s basically a giant vibrator. Like a motorcycle that makes music. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/29 "2013-03-04T14:50:38Z")
I love me some Apocalyptica, so yes, I suppose you could say that I’m pro-cello, and rock-cello specifically. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/30 "2013-03-04T15:18:14Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > The Who had wanted to include a cello on their 1966 “mini opera”, “A Quick One While He’s Away”. They couldn’t afford to hire a session cellist though, so just sang the word “cello” over and over again where they had wanted a cello to be playing. If you skip forward to 6:55 on the song you can hear it: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpsDTSmRyM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIpsDTSmRyM) They even did this when performing the song live (5:25): [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcMo\_857xhA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcMo_857xhA) Have to say, nothing may be more hilarious than rockers saying “cellocellocellocellocellocello” in a slight falsetto. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/31 "2013-03-04T15:23:45Z")
I love the cello. I love hot guys playing the cello. I love hot guys playing the cello with passion. The Trifecta: [Two Cellos](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjOQac1vOEc) I also love violins, violas, and nearly all stringed instruments except maybe the harp. ---
**Author:** ![minor\_details](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@minor\_details](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor_details)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/32 "2013-03-04T17:48:51Z")
[Cello and Star Wars](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgAlQuqzl8o) what’s not to like? ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/33 "2013-03-04T18:04:42Z")
I can take it or leave it. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/34 "2013-03-04T18:26:31Z")
I like limoncello. ---
**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/35 "2013-03-04T19:12:50Z")
Don’t really care one way or another about the cello. Which qualifies as not liking cellos. I don’t dislike them, but I sure don’t like them, either. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_tardiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jack\_tardiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_tardiff)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/36 "2013-03-05T01:01:26Z")
Yeah, I guess. I lucked into a good conversation with a random woman the other week – she mentioned she played 'cello but her chops were down but could still play pizzicatto (sp?). I made a joke about arco something (a dumb pun, can’t remember) and brought up Shostakovich’s String Quartets – she gave a pretty good verbal lesson on similarities between (the 8th or 9th) and one of the Concertos of his. If you like small-group music, the cello is in there, and who doesn’t like chamber music? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/37 "2013-03-05T04:18:11Z")
[CELLO WARS, BABY!!!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgAlQuqzl8o) ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/38 "2013-03-05T10:07:43Z")
> [@jack\_tardiff](#): > > If you like small-group music, the cello is in there, and who doesn’t like chamber music? I don’t like chamber music but I do like the cello. Sadly, with the exception of Jane Scarpantoni, there are no cello gods. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_tardiff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jack\_tardiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_tardiff)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/39 "2013-03-05T10:30:21Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > I don’t like chamber music but I do like the cello. Sadly, with the exception of Jane Scarpantoni, there are no cello gods. ? Rostropovich? Ron Carter played cello in some jazz settings. So did Eldee Young IIRC – I can’t play doghouse bass, but some of those guys tried a little something with cello. Casals? Lots of people were the Cello Kings, man. I’ll have to look up Scarpantoni – don’t know her music. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821/40 "2013-03-05T11:44:32Z")
Well, that comedy routine is funny, but too bad the guy never heard Pachelbel’s Canon [like this.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV5_xj_yuhs&list=UUmKurapML4BF9Bjtj4RbvXw&index=12) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-everyone-like-the-cello/651821.md?page=3)