A man from a low income family sits on the sidewalk, playing his family cello. As the careless people walk by, they don’t realize how amazing this instrument really is. It all starts with the bass violin, an instrument common in the mid-to late 1500’s most likely invented by Andrea Amati from Italy. The bass violin is not too different from the cello except for some minor details. One, the bass violin has a more flat and dull shape opposed to the cello’s rounder body with more protruding edges. Second, the bass violin has a slightly lower sound that a cello. The cello became more and more popular in Italy around the 1700’s. Besides being popular back then, the cello plays a big role in orchestras today. Many songs composed for an orchestra
