Can a guitar play like a chello ?

Question:I was just wondering and if they can be played the opposite way to.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I was just wondering and if they can be played the opposite way to.

If you use a volume pedal or use the volume nob on your guitar, you can get a sound that's kind of like an instrument that is being bowed. By doing what's called a "volume swell" you eliminate the sound of the pick hitting the string giving the sound an eerie quality. Most guitar players also add delay while doing this. Check out the song Xanadu by Rush on their Fairwell to Kings cd. It's one of the best examples of using volume swells.

No, the "chello" aka the cello can not be played like the guitar. First the guitar has 6 strings and the cello has 4, the guitar is plucked or strummed while the cello is mostly bowed - there are times when the cello is plucked.

The guitar's has a labeled fret board while the cello doesn't. In no way can they be played the same. As well, most importantly, the range is different, the cello covers notes in the bass while the guitar covers notes in the mid register to treble.

However, back in Schubert's time there was a bowed guitar called the Arpegionne. Only 1 piece was every written, the Arpegionne Sonata. The Arpegionne part is commonly performed by viola or cello today with piano.

I play Cello & guitar and no they can't be played the same. However, the cello reads bass,treble,and tenor cleffs. You can transpose the Music to be played on eatier instrument.

Its spelled cello. Cellos are bowed instruments. Guitars are strummed. They really are nothing alike.

The main thing that prevents the guitar from being played like the cello is how the strings sit. On the guitar, the strings sit flat against the guitar, in line with each other. This makes strumming very easy, but bowing any individual string very hard. Cellos are made with the string sitting in an arch motion. You can still strum a cello, but not very easily- but you can easily bow any individual string because the arch makes each one stick out in a different place.

There was an instrument that were half guitar/half cello before... It was called the viola di gamba. It had a body similar to the cello, 6 strings, frets, and the strings were slightly arched... so it could strum and bow. It was an amazing instrument, and very popular from the 15th through the 17th century. Unfortunately it was sort of quiet- and people eventually wanted louder instruments for that heavy sound, so the violin and cello were invented and soon replaced all the di gamba instruments. You can still find them today, even study them in the university, but little music is still written for them now.

Spell check is a good thing. Anyway, a cello can be played like a cello and a guitar can be played like a guitar. I don't think you can play them like each other though. Sorry!