Is the Cello Closest to the Human Voice?

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[bethhall-eeip]

As a pianist, my favorite of the strings is definitely cello...rich, versatile, so emotional ...

[Connor-wjep]

As a Bassoonist, I'd say ours is equally as close.

[jakobandrews]

Cello, Euph and Trombone all battle for this for different reasons. Cello has the range, Euphonium has the tone, and Trombone with the fluidity. All valid arguments

[OokisMcFlookis]

I've always thought this! Turns out I'm not the only one

[JFroTheMusician]

I roll my eyes when someone says their instrument “is the closest to the human voice” because literally everyone and their grandmother says that.

[davidcantwell]

I had always heard that the saxophone was closest to the human voice. Got to look that up. Thanks.

[key.ston]

A thing I noticed is that a musical saw also sounds pretty vocal strangely.

[seunghoseol]

Somewhat unrelated, but I used midi cello to test out the vocal melodies I created, with the rest of the instruments, in order to see how it sounds, before recording the vocals. I intuitively thought that cello did sound similar to human voices

[andreashoppe]

As a bass player I can't live without you... at least in the orchestra lol

[chocobubbles]

Hem hem May i interest you in…. A viola?🎻

[LimeGreenTeknii]

Wait, so you could totally take a barbershop quartet and have it be played by a cello quartet

[samsonchen]

Actually the highest note on cello fingerboard can be up till E6 if im bot wrong

[Its_katie_duh]

I would say either the saw is the closest
It's very interesting to see someone play the saw :)
Kinda sounds like wailing really
Beautifully haunting

[lammydibammy]

Everyone in my schools orchestra agrees, Cello is the best!!!

[RonFordMusic]

Meh... Most composers have said that winds, specifically double reeds, as the closest to the human voice. Just of air to create sound, vibration of reeds in a similar way to the vocal chords (especially double reeds). Poulenc mentioned this a few times in his letters/diary entries (which is why he included many melodies from his vocal works in his works for woodwinds)

[Jimmy]

I had thought that it was the vena (pretty much Indian equivalent to cello)
Has a slightly more pronounced vowel tone

[phrszzz]

i thought it was the violin

but both are great instrument and have beautiful sounds

[Musicman]

I would say the closest is the erhu, but that’s quite obscure

[JorgeLopez-fulb]

I always thought Euphonium was the instrument closest to the human voice...
Oh well...

[patricktanoeyjaya]

Ive heard erhu is most like human voice too