Tenor Clef for the Cello


Book Description

This book presents a systematic study of tenor clef for the intermediate cellist. The exercises teach one or two notes at a time, while corresponding pieces utilize the notes that were just learned. Much of the book focuses on the transition from bass to tenor clef on the cello, as well as the relationship between the two clefs. Teachers can use this book as a method for teaching the clef to their students, preparing them for tenor clef found in many intermediate and advanced cello pieces, including Saint-Saens' Allegro Appassionato and The Swan, and Vivaldi's Cello Concerto in E Minor.




Scaling the Tenor Clef Dragon


Book Description

...designed as a guide for cellists and their parents, takes a gradual, stepwise approach to reading tenor clef.




Treble Clef for the Cello


Book Description

Learn how to read treble clef on the cello! This book teaches you how to read and play notes in treble clef on the cello, one note at a time. The exercises help you see how bass clef and tenor clef connect to treble clef. Carefully crafted studies help you recognize and remember each note as you learn it. Short pieces are included to use the notes that were just learned so that you can practice playing in treble clef. If you are an intermediate or advanced cellist and you know bass and tenor clef (if not, see Tenor Clef for the Cello by Cassia Harvey), this book will help teach you the final clef! Advanced cello solo, chamber, and orchestral music regularly uses bass, tenor, and treble clef. One skill that is not typically taught in cello playing is reading treble clef an octave lower. Some cello music has parts written in this "false" treble clef that you are expected to be able to read and play. This book can help! At the end of the book, after the regular study of the clef, there is a section on reading treble clef one octave lower, followed by study pages that teach the treble clef sections of the cello part to an excerpt from Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 and all of the treble clef sections in the cello part to Dvorak's American String Quartet Op. 96, No. 12! This book could be studied after Tenor Clef for the Cello (CHP109) and along with Learning Three-Octave Scales on the Cello (CHP356) and Thumb Position School for the Cello (CHP361.)




Position Pieces for Cello


Book Description

Position Pieces for Cello is designed to give students a logical and fun way to learn their way around the fingerboard. Each hand position is introduced with exercises called "Target Practice," "Geography Quiz," and "Names and Numbers." Following these exercises are tuneful cello duets which have been specifically composed to require students to play in that hand position. In this way, students gain a thorough knowledge of how to find the hand positions and, once there, which notes are possible to play. Using these pieces (with names like "I Was a Teenage Monster," "The Irish Tenor," and "I've Got the Blues, Baby"), position study on the cello has never been so much fun!




Reading Music in Tenor Clef


Book Description

High school instrumentalists studying the trombone, euphonium (baritone horn) cello, double bass, and bassoon will encounter the tenor clef in advanced works. The tenor clef is a moveable C clef used to represent music written in the upper ranges for those instruments. Its symbol is identical to the alto clef, also a moveable C clef. Middle C is located on the 4th staff line in tenor clef, the 3rd (or middle staff line) in alto clef. In particular, trombonists will encounter parts in orchestral music using alto, tenor, and bass clefs (F clef). This book is designed to used collaboratively between a student with great interest in learning and private teacher. The 26 progressive studies, each containing several original compositional etudes, short exercises, and written assignments, should provide adequate resource material for six months of continuous instruction and learning. A dedicated student who successfully completes these etudes and exercises should be ready for advanced instructional and performance literature at the collegiate level. The material in this book is original, tonal, and geared toward the high school student. The content provides a unique approach for student and teacher, working closely together, to learn to read tenor clef in major and minor keys while further developing range and technique.




Etudes et pièces progressives pour violoncellistes


Book Description

The long awaited companion for cellists meeting the tenor clef for the first time. Introduced gently and presented progressively through numerous studies and pieces with cello or piano accompaniments. Suitable for cellists of early intermediate level (Grade 4), this uncomplicated and interesting guide teaches important skills for mastering the tenor clef, including: - Moving from the lower to the higher register -Reading tenor clef across the strings -Learn to read and play on the transitional part of the cello




Bach Cello Suites for Electric Bass


Book Description

(Bass). All six of J.S. Bach's essential suites for unaccompanied cello are arranged here for bass guitar in standard notation and tablature. Includes: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007 * Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008 * Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 * Suite No. 4 in Eb Major, BWV 1010 * Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011 * Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012.




The Swan Study Book for Cello


Book Description

The Swan Study Book for Cello helps you learn and perfect every measure of the famous piece. The Swan is broken down into short sections and taught through carefully graded exercises. Skills that would otherwise be difficult, such as shifts and fast scale patterns, can now be mastered. You can be free to concentrate on artistic expression by solidifying your cello technique. The Swan Study Book gives you essential tools to be a better cellist. This book is appropriate for intermediate level cellists who can play up through eighth position and know some tenor clef. An overview of tenor clef is included, as well as a section on producing better tone. If needed, preparatory exercises for The Swan are in the back of the book. The entire cello part to Camille Saint-Saens' The Swan is presented at the end of the book (the piano accompaniment is not included).







Thumb position for cello


Book Description

As with the other books in his ...for Cello series, Rick Mooney has made the learning of a specific technique easier and more enjoyable than ever before. Book 2 continues where Book 1 left off and includes classical music, folk tunes, and original pieces by Rick Mooney such as Around the Gypsy Campfire, Harry the Hirsute Housefly, Petite Partita and much more. As in Book 1, all of the pieces have been arranged as duets, with a second cello part for the teacher (or other students in a group class) to play.