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!




Thumb Position for Cello, Book 1


Book Description

This book from Rick Mooney features easy classical music as well as folk songs, fiddle tunes and Mooney originals composed to address specific technical points. A second cello part throughout promotes a student's ability to hear and play accurately.




Double Stops for Cello


Book Description

Double stops provide excellent learning material for the young and advancing cellist in this Rick Mooney book. More than 60 familiar folk songs—many in the Suzuki repertoire—help the student learn skills such as hearing intonation, shaping the hand correctly, shifting, extensions, and preparing for future repertoire.




The First Hour


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A Cellist's Daily Technical Regimen




High School of Cello Playing, Op. 73


Book Description

Op. 73 by David Popper has long been a staple for cellists to master technique and be able to play with fluidity on the instrument. This new edition is made with the Friedrich Hofmeister plates from 1901-1905. This is the original printing as Popper himself would have viewed it.




170 Foundation Studies for Violoncello


Book Description

Compiled by Alwin Schroeder, a former cellist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an experienced teacher, this collection of 80 exercises constitutes the first book of a three-volume set. Schroeder drew upon his extensive experience to create original études for instructing students, and in this work he combines them with several others by his distinguished nineteenth-century European colleagues: Karl Schröder. Ferdinand Büchler, Friedrich Dotzauer, Auguste Franchomme, Friedrich Grützmacher, and Sebastian Lee. The carefully selected studies are arranged in order of increasing complexity, and Schroeder provides suggestions for fingering, bowing, and dynamics. Cello students and teachers will find these exercises a splendid resource for the improvement of technique and performance.




Forty Melodic and Progressive Etudes


Book Description

Book 2 of the Famous Op. 31 Forty Melodic and Progressive Etudes for Cello, comes as a direct reprint of the original authoritative Carl Fischer edition from New York in 1907. Plate 10763_28. Wonderful clean edition, easy to read, back of the book has blank pages for notes and staff paper for teacher annotations and variations to be written. 35pps, 8.5"x11", Glossy cover. Also Published are book 1, as well as the compilation of both books 1 and 2. Book 2 has been edited by Hugo Becker.




Daily Exercises for Cello


Book Description

This wonderful clean reprint of the original plates is exactly what cellists need to have in their library, starting with rigorous training for trills (shakes), this 47pp paperback is a must have for any cellist. Glossy cover. Printed in English, French, and German.




Cello Playing is Easy


Book Description

"This five book series will guide the emerging or experienced cellist or teacher through concise, organized steps to becoming or producing a fine cellist. It is designed to be an on-the-music-stand companion for a daily journey of cello discovery."--P. [4] de la couv.




Introducing the Positions for Cello (Music Instruction)


Book Description

(String Method). Introducing the Positions , a series widely used in classroom and private studio, represents a critical "next step" for string students. Position playing allows players to extend range beyond the basics and move into the ranks of intermediate and advanced ensemble groups. The most important positions vary for each instrument, and Whistler wisely introduces the most-used positions first in Volume 1, followed by the next most important in Volume 2. An irreplaceable component for every string student's training!