Author: Robin de Talhouët

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Published: 2021-01-13

Total Pages: 96

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This book is like no other. It won't teach you how to play the cello: there are dozens of effective methods for that. It will teach you how to practice the cello efficiently so that you can improve your cello as quickly as possible in the shortest time possible. You will be able to play harder and faster scores. --- ADVICES FOR MOTIVATION TO PLAY CELLO --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dissociate working the cello and playing the cello --- Law of Least Effort --- To watch your fingers or not to watch your fingers? --- Select the scores --- How often to play the cello per week and for how long? --- Warming up and working the sound of cello --- Vary musical style --- Is it necessary to learn to read music to play cello? --- CELLO WORKING TECHNIQUES --- Imitate great cello players --- Shift the beginning of the piece at each session --- When you fail Accidentals --- Scribbling --- How to practice a difficult section in a piece ? --- Avoid degradation of a piece over time --- The work of musical nuances-----------Boost your progression: face new challenges --- How to learn by heart? --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TRAINING TO PLAY IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE ---Marathon workout ---Discomfort zone techniques------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE WORK OF CELLO VIRTUOSITY ---Virtuosity is mastery ---Fingerings and positions on the cello ---The metronome's work of mastery and stability ---Working on sections where the notes are very fast ---Back-nibbling technique: for the ultra-difficult ---Regularity workouts for difficult sections ---Working on a difficult section: x3 x5 x8 repetition ---Use the metronome to learn difficult and long sections that include various rhytms ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CELLO-SPECIFIC TIPS ---Relaxation ---Separate hand work and open strings ---Left hand right hand coordination ---Play with the bow upside down ---Reverse all the bowings ---Structure of a working session ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WORKSHEETS