2006-11-20 05:19:05 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Well I'm going to be really pedantic here.
A "celesta" is the spelling for the percussion instrument consisting of metal bars and hammers, but there is another type of musical-sound referred to as "celeste"....usually "Voix Celeste," or "heavenly voice."
This you will find on an organ, and especially a French romantic organ built in the 19th century by Aristide Cavaille-Coll ,(Paris). They are also to be found on the majority of British and American pipe-organs
The "Voix Celeste" (sometimes just "Celeste") is what is termed an undulating register (a rank of pipes), in that it is tuned slightly sharp of true pitch. When combined with a rank of pipes of similar character, speaking at true pitch, (a soft organ imitation of string-tone), there is a slight wobble or out-of-tune "beat" which is very beautiful and atmospheric.
So this is the REAL answer to the question as asked, even though the questioner was probably thinking of the "Celesta."
2006-11-20 19:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by musonic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 14:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 10:14:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's got a keyboard like a piano, and sounds a bit like a muted bell.
It's really a percussion instrument.
If you have heard the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, the main theme is played on the celeste.
2006-11-20 05:22:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a glockenspeil built into a piano like body, with a keyboard. The player presses the keys on the keyboard (just like playing a piano) and little hammers tap the glockenspiel plates making the most fairy-like sounds. It's a percussion instrument, commonly called the 'Tinklephone'. It's the instrument that plays the tune to the Sugar Plum Fairy (Tchaikovsky).
2006-11-20 05:27:06 · answer #5 · answered by Val G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Celeste is Italian for sky blue. A celesta is a keyboard instrument with tubular bells.
2006-11-20 05:23:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first question would be on what grounds would music be Haram. The second clue was Fath al-Bari, 10/51. From all the prominent Sahaba(R) it is narrated by Sahaba(R) we don't even know anything about. Not to mention in those days there was no such thing or concept as 'Liberalism'. I checked 'Sahih Bukhari' no Hadith mentioning or even including music!!
2016-03-13 12:44:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it can also be spelt "celesta". It is a keyboard instrument, resembling a small upright piano. Its name is derived form the French word "celeste" meaning heavenly.
2006-11-20 06:30:32 · answer #8 · answered by Andrew C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a type of keyboard instrument!
2006-11-20 05:24:44 · answer #9 · answered by ~brunette♥~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean Celesta? Think 'piano' and you'll be on the right track.
2006-11-20 05:22:07 · answer #10 · answered by Simon D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋