CELLO BASICS - Contents 
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• Foreword
• Terminology and Abbreviations
• Parts of the Cello and Bow
• Philosophical considerations
• Psycho-physiological considerations
• Mental-Emotive considerations
• Pedaogical considerations (student-teacher-parent triangle)
• Principles of Practice
• Practice Logistics and Methods
• Repertoire Building and Sight-Reading
• Unity of Mind-Body-Musical Performance
• Anatomical units
• Bio-mechanics (principles of movement)
• Coordination-Independence-Interdependence
• Hand Exercises (Warm-up and Cool-down)
• Geography of the Fingerboard
• Basics of Music Theory Applied to the Cello
• Position and Bow Hold
• The (Only) Three Positions of the Left Hand
• Open Strings Warm-Up
  
• Open Strings / Rhythm Exercises
• Bow Distribution/Management
• Tone Development
• Special Bowings
  
• Tonalization, Expressive Intonation
• Ultimate Finger Drills (music-based; spelled-out)
• Ultimate Finger Drills (number-based; concise)
• Evenness of Articulation
• Extensions, Super-Extensions, Contractions
• Small Shifts (Substitution/Replacement)
• Finger Independence and Interdependence (One Position; Captive Fingers)
• Finger Independence and Interdependence (All Positions)
• Shifts Within One Basic Position
• Shifts Connecting All Three Basic Positions
• Fingerboard Fluidity
• Agility
  
• Diatonic Sequences, Serial Patterns
• Scales (1-octave, 2-octave, 3-octave, 4-octave)
• Modes and Uncommon Scales
• Bowings and Rhythms for Scales
• Arpeggios (1-octave, 2-octave, 3-octave, 4-octave)
• One-String Scale; One-Finger Scale
• Chromatic Scale
• Melodic/Broken Intervals
• Double Stops
• Thumb Position
• Schmitt Dexterity in Thumb Position
• Schradieck in Tumb Position
• Czerny in Thumb Position
• Battanchon Etude in Thumb Position
  
• Harmonics (Natural and Artificial)
• Pizzicato
  
• Etude-Caprice (Dotzauer)​