CELLO TECHNIQUE

Related:
​THE CELLO AND BOW
STRETCHES / WARM-UPS
NOTES ON THE CELLO
MUSIC THEORY (basic)
MUSIC HARMONY (basic)
HISTORY OF MUSIC (basic)
BAROQUE PLAYING STYLE
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
LEFT HAND
  • 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
THUMB POSITION
  • 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)
    3-Octave Scales:
  • 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)
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  • 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)
BROKEN THIRDS
  • 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
ARPEGGIOS (all Major and Melodic Minor; maximum range C2-G6, 4.5 octaves)
  • 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
CHROMATICS
  • 1 octave, 2 strings / 1 string
  • 2 octaves, 3 strings / 2 strings / 1 string
  • 3 octaves, 4 strings / 3 strings
DOUBLE STOPS
  • 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
HARMONICS
  • Natural / Artificial
OTHER TECHNIQUES
  • Pizzicato / Ponticello / Flautando
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