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Electric cello

type of cello that relies on electronic amplification (rather than acoustic resonance) to produce sound
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Electric cello

Summary

Electric cello ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Electric cello is a type of electro-acoustic chordophone[2].
  • Electric cello is a type of bowed string instrument[3].
  • Electric cello's Commons category is recorded as Electric cellos[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include electro-acoustic chordophone[2] and bowed string instrument[3].

Why It Matters

Electric cello ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (171 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Samoasambia · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → electro-acoustic chordophone, bowed string instrument
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q55738960]]"
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