čelo (čelović or csello, counter Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)

~ String instrument

Description

Counterpoint member of the Serbo-Coatian tamburica orchestra, it is guitar like like the bugarija. It can have two double strings and two single strings (čelović) but now four single strings are more common (čelo/čelović). The čelović is a different pitch than the čelo.

Relationships

from:Croatia
Serbia
Slovenia
type of:lute family
related instruments:berda (begeš, large bass Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
bisernica (prim, small Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
brač (basprim, Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
bugarija (kontra, Serbo-Croatian plucked string instrument)
part of:Serbo-Croatian tamburica orchestra
Wikidata:Q338463 [info]