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The Cello is constructed using the same components as the Violin and the Viola, but it is larger than them. As well as the Violin and the Viola, it is usually played with a similar bow. It has four strings and they are tuned in perfect fifths beginning with C. They are C2, G2, D3 and A3. It sounds an octave lower than the Viola.
The cello player produce the sound like the Violin player, and s/he can also play Pizzicatos. It is pitched in the key of C and it can be notated in bass clef, tenor clef or treble clef. Its playing range starts at the C2 and the highest note you can play is the A5. The sound of the C string is dark and powerful, the G string has a lack of power, the D string is more musical and soulful and the A string has a bright, shrill, incisive and dominant sound.