starters

CELLO STARTERS

Related:
THE CELLO AND BOW
STRETCHES / WARM-UPS
NOTES ON THE CELLO

CELLO TECHNIQUE
RIGHT HAND
LEFT HAND / THUMB POSITION
SCALES / THIRDS / ARPEGGIOS / DOUBLE STOPS / HARMONICS

STARTERS

Music (melody, rhythm, harmony)
Basic music notation (staff, clef, measure, bar line, measure numbers, end barline)
Structure of music: Repeat / 1st and 2nd ending / D.C., Coda, Segno
Meter (time signatures)
Note values (whole to 16ths), counting
Rest values (whole to 16ths), counting
Rhythmic dot / Fermata / Cesura
Irregular divisions of the beat: triplets / quintuplets / sextuplets / duplets / quadruplets
Intervals (perfect, major, minor, diminished, augmented)
Interval Inversions
Compound Intervals
Tetrachords (major, minor, harmonic, upper minor)
Building Scales with Tetrachords
Keys/Tonality / Key Signatures / Relative / Enharmonic
Circle of 5ths / Circle of 4ths
Arpeggios (major, minor, diminished, augmented, dominant 7th)
Degrees to the Scale (Tonic, Dominant, etc.)
Triads (major, minor, diminished, augmented)
4-Note Chords (7th)
Chord Inversions
Working with metronome (BPM)
Rhythm claps call-response
Coordination and Independence
Conducting patterns
Dynamics
Articulation (staccato, legato, tenuto)
Ornaments (embellishments): Grace note / Trill / Mordent
Common Baroque Dances (Minutet, Gavotte, Bourrée, Sarabande, Gigue, Musette, Rigadoon)