Cello Working Methods - Text

• 1) MOTIVATION TO PLAY CELLO
• Dissociate working the cello and playing the cello
• Law of Least Effort
• 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?
• 2) 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?
• 3) TRAINING TO PLAY THE CELLO IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE OR PREPARE COMPETITIONS
• Marathon workout in preparation to perform in front of an audience
• Discomfort zone techniques.
• 4) THE WORK OF THE CELLO VIRTUOSITY
• Virtuosity is mastery
• 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 rhythms
• 6) CELLO-SPECIFIC WORKING TIPS
• Relaxation
• Separate hand work and open strings
• Left hand right hand coordination
• Play with the bow upside down
• Reverse all the bowings
• 6) STRUCTURE OF A WORKING SESSION
• 7) SUMMARY OF TECHNIQUES
• 8) WORKSHEETS

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