Celesta is an English word with synonyms like instrument. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Celesta in a sentence
Celesta meaning
A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
Synonyms of Celesta
Using Celesta
- The main meaning on this page is: A musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
- Useful related words include: musical instrument, instrument.
- In the example corpus, celesta often appears in combinations such as: the celesta, and celesta, celesta may.
Context around Celesta
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Celesta
- In this selection, "celesta" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, classmate, francesca, played, may, dashes and schaben stand out and add context to how "celesta" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include piano and celesta may sometimes and bell or celesta. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "celesta" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with celesta
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Soundtrack The celesta has been common in cinema for decades. (10 words)
Will his date with Francesca (Celesta DeAstis) fall through or perhaps end in disaster? (14 words)
An example is the third movement (Adagio) of his Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta. (15 words)
Then, a little later, Shilkret discovered there was no one to play the brief celesta solo during the slow section, so he hastily asked Gershwin if he might play the solo; Gershwin said he could and so he briefly participated in the actual recording. (44 words)
Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and, for 20th and 21st century compositions, electric and electronic instruments. (41 words)
Included were recordings of "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and Gershwin on piano; "An American in Paris", from 1927 with Gershwin on celesta; and "Three Preludes", "Clap Yo' Hands" and Someone to Watch Over Me", among others. (40 words)
Will his date with Francesca (Celesta DeAstis) fall through or perhaps end in disaster? (14 words)
Example sentences (14)
This translates to my using a beaten up sleigh bell or a toy piano rather than a fancy orchestral sleigh bell or celesta.
Then, in the coda, the celesta dashes to the finish line, with both of the sounds it has used throughout the dance: fast runs of notes over light pricks of harmony.
While visiting friends in Arizona, Bill reconnected with a high school classmate, Celesta Schaben Bondurant, and they were united in marriage on October 3, 2003 in Youngtown, Arizona.
Williams used a little-known instrument called a celesta to give it that magical, ethereal, mysterious sound that made it such a perfect fit for the wizard-focused franchise.
Will his date with Francesca (Celesta DeAstis) fall through or perhaps end in disaster?
An example is the third movement (Adagio) of his Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.
Included were recordings of "Rhapsody in Blue" with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and Gershwin on piano; "An American in Paris", from 1927 with Gershwin on celesta; and "Three Preludes", "Clap Yo' Hands" and Someone to Watch Over Me", among others.
In the 1930s, Fats Waller sometimes played celesta with his right hand and piano simultaneously with his left hand.
Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and electric and electronic instruments.
Other instruments such as the piano and celesta may sometimes be grouped into a fifth section such as a keyboard section or may stand alone, as may the concert harp and, for 20th and 21st century compositions, electric and electronic instruments.
Soundtrack The celesta has been common in cinema for decades.
The celesta is a transposing instrument ; it sounds one octave higher than the written pitch.
The keyboard glockenspiel part in Mozart's The Magic Flute is nowadays often played by a celesta.
Then, a little later, Shilkret discovered there was no one to play the brief celesta solo during the slow section, so he hastily asked Gershwin if he might play the solo; Gershwin said he could and so he briefly participated in the actual recording.
Common combinations with celesta
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: