CELLO TECHNIQUE
RIGHT HAND
- The Five Variables of Bow Technique (Weight, Speed, PoC, Tilt, Angle)
- Bow Hold
- Role of Fingers
- Bow Exercises (silent; sounding)
- Down-bow and Up-bow / Changing bows
- Open Strings
- Open Strings Warm-up / Changing Strings
- Basic Rhythm Patterns
- Bow Distribution
- String Changes / Bariolages
- Retake / Hooks / Slurs / Chords
- Detache / Martele
- Legato / Staccato
- Dotted notes
- Tone Development (son filé, etc.)
- Minuet rhythm patterns
- Rhythms call-response 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
- The Five Movements of the Left Hand (Vertical, Horizontal, Across, Along, Vibrato)
- Finger Taps
- Walking Fingers
- First Finger Drills
- "Aldulescu" Finger Drills
- Backward Extension
- Forward Extension
- Positions
- Basic shifts (1st-4th position)
- 1/2 String Natural Harmonic
- To the Harmonic
- Basic Thumb Position (T)
- Tetrachords (Hand Frames)
- "Aldulescu" Finger Drills
- First Scales
- 1-Octave Scales: Major / Minor
- 1-Octave Arpeggios
- 2-Octave Scales: Major / Minor
- 2-Octave Arpeggios
- Broken Thirds
- Double Stops
- Movable Thumb
- Extended Thumb Position
- Starter Songs
- Suzuki Songs
- Other easy songs in T
- Essential Elements in T
SCALES (all Major and Melodic Minor; maximum range C2-G6, 4.5 octaves)
- Progressive 1 octave, 2 strings / 1 string (total range C2-C4, 2 octaves)
- Progressive 2 octaves, 3 strings / 2 strings (total range C2-C5, 3 octaves)
- Progressive 2 octaves, 1 string (on C, tonic up to G; on G, up to D; on D up to A; on A up to E)
- Progressive 3 octaves, 4 strings, start on C, G (traditional fingering; (total range C2-C6, 4 octaves)
- Progressive 3 octaves, 3 strings, start on C, G (total range C2-G5, 3.5 octaves)
- Progressive 3 octaves, 2 strings, start on C, G, D (total range C2-G6, 4.5 octaves)
- Progressive Galamian 3 octaves, 3 strings (traditional fingering; 8/12/16/24/48 per bow)
- Progressive Galamian 3 octaves, 3 strings (“new” fingering - no open strings; 8/12/16/24/48 per bow)
- Progressive 4 octaves, 4 strings (range C2-G6, 4.5 octaves)
- Circle of 24 Scales on 2 strings C-G / G-D / D-A (favoring low, high variants)
- First Broken Thirds
- 2-Octave Broken Thirds: C / C# / D / Eb / E / F / F# / G / Ab / A / Bb / B
- 3-Octave Broken Thirds: C / C# / D / Eb / E / F / F# / G / Ab / A / Bb / B
- Other Broken Intervals
- First Arpeggios in 1st position (major, minor, diminished, augmented, 7th)
- Progressive 1 octave, 2 strings (start on C, G, D)
- Progressive 2 octave, 3 strings (start on C, G)
- Progressive 2 octave, 2 strings (start on C, G, D)
- Progressive 3 octave, 4 strings (start on C)
- Progressive 3 octave, 3 strings (start on C, G)
- Progressive 4 octave, 4 strings (start on C, G)
- 6/3; 6/4; Diminished; Dominant 7th; Broken; other
- 1 octave, 2 strings / 1 string
- 2 octaves, 3 strings / 2 strings / 1 string
- 3 octaves, 4 strings / 3 strings
- First Double Stops (with open string; octaves; unisons)
- 3rds / 6ths / 8ves / 4ths / 5ths / 7ths / 2nds / Unisons
- Diatonic 3-note / 4-note / 6-note patterns (on D-A; G-D; C-G)
- Progressive 3rds/6ths/8ves in 1/2/3 octaves w bowings
- Natural / Artificial
- Pizzicato / Ponticello / Flautando
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