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Playing the Cello

Tutorials

Why Chords

A-Chording to the Cello

Don’ts!

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Finger Patterns II (Arpeggios)

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Fingerboard Geography

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Do What Makes You Sound Best

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Varietyof pizzicato

Articulation

Intonation Tendencies on the cello

Left-Hand Techniques

Broken Thirds, part 1

Scales/Intervals

Perfect 5th's

Scales/Intervals

Broken Thirds, part 3

Scales/Intervals

Vibrato trouble shooting

Vibrato

Legato bow stroke

Bowings

Add-a-note technique

Scales/Intervals

Bach Suite No 1 Prelude string crossing pattern SLOW MOTION

String Crossing

Intro to Shifting part 3

Shifting/Fingerings

Introduction to Thumb Position

Shifting/Fingerings

George Neikrug finger lifting exercise

Shifting/Fingerings

Major & Minor Chords

A-Chording to the Cello

Other Factors

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Modes!

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Fast Technique vs. Slow Technique

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Know Why You Are Shifting

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Practing passages in double stops

Left-Hand Techniques

How to practice the prelude to Bach Suite No 1

Practice strategies

Major scales

Scales/Intervals

Double-stop octaves exercise

Scales/Intervals

Adding the third and fourth octave to scales

Scales/Intervals

Intro to the Bow Hold

Bowings

Spiccato Bowing SLOW MOTION

Bowings

String Crossing (slurred, 4 strings) SLOW MOTION

String Crossing

Intro to Shifting part 1

Shifting/Fingerings

Extensions part 1

Shifting/Fingerings

George Neikrug finger sliding exercises

Shifting/Fingerings

Universal fingering for harmonic minor scales

Shifting/Fingerings

Diminished Chords

A-Chording to the Cello

Finger Patterns III (Small Group of Notes/ Small Shifts)

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Finger Patterns I - Scales

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Marking Your Music Clearly

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Know Why You Are Shifting

Melodic shape - directional prickups

Musicality

Eliminating Bow Wobbles

Right-hand techniques

Melodic minor scales

Scales/Intervals

D flat Major scale practice

Scales/Intervals

Broken thirds, part 2

Scales/Intervals

Long Tones

Bowings

Intro to Vibrato

Vibrato

Slurred String Crossings SLOW MOTION

String Crossing

Intro to Shifting part 2

Shifting/Fingerings

Extensions part 2

Shifting/Fingerings

Christopher Bunting "flower petals" exercise

Shifting/Fingerings

Fingeratively Speaking

Good fingerings are very important for good cello playing. Some passages are impossible with a poor fingering but relatively simple with a great fingering.

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A-Chording to the Cello

For all the resources that exist for teaching young string players how to play scales and arpeggios, there are surprisingly few that address the playing of chords. Understanding how to play chords can be a very useful skill for a variety of reasons, aside from the number of times that they appear in the repertoire.

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