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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)​