Click Start bow once, then tap chords or notes. The bow keeps going when you lift your finger. Click Stop bow or Stop to finish. Chord pads play two-string cello harmonies.
Chords and Notes are always ready below the cello. C, G, D and A choose the open strings. You can also drag across the cello to bow or slide along its neck.
Choose a tune and click Game mode. Play the single green pad marked PLAY. The quiet Then row previews later notes; those are not ready yet. The green pad moves immediately after each click. If it stays on the same note, tap it again. Bowed notes keep sounding between clicks. Try Chord garden for chords.
Click Start bow and use Bow speed to hear slower or faster repeated bow strokes, from 0.5× to 2×. It also adjusts the suggested Game rhythm and Listen tempo. Change it while playing; the pitch stays the same.
In 3D view, keep playing the cello. Drag the background or right-drag to rotate; scroll to zoom. On touchscreens, use two fingers to rotate and pinch.
Warm, Expressive and Pizzicato change the sound. Turn Snap off for free slides. Turn Easy bow off in settings to finger and bow separately. Stop ends a lesson or a tune.
144 real solo-cello recordings by Kamila Borowiak, from Karoryfer × bigcat under CC0. Four bowed dynamics, two bow directions and four plucked takes per pitch. Chords combine two solo recordings into root-and-third harmonies; slides and vibrato are modeled.
Record captures the instrument without a microphone. Save a take before recording another or closing the page.