Tips on Cello Parts

Video Transcript

"FRANCIS JOSEPH SANTORI: Today, we're going to discuss the different parts of the cello. Well, the obvious ones. This is the top of the cello, these are your sides and we have the back of the cello. The parts of the cello which project the most sound are your back and your top. There are two posts that extend between the two different layers. This is your sound post. Your sound post if here and on this side, on the high side of the instrument, on the inside just beneath the bridge, and then you have your bass post, which is on the bass side. They extend between the two and they transfer the vibrations from the back of the instrument through the top of the instrument and therefore giving you your tone and sound. This is the bridge of the instrument. Obviously, your strings run across and straddle the bridge. This bridge actually moves back and forth You know, it's best to position the bridge with the notches that you see here, in what you call the F-holes. These are F-holes for obvious reasons, F."