Cello working methods : improve faster in less time

ADVICES FOR MOTIVATION TO PLAY CELLO

Dissociate working the cello and playing the cello

Law of Least Effort

To watch your fingers or not to watch your fingers?

Select the scores

How often to play the cello per week and for how long?

Warming up and working the sound of cello

Vary musical style

Is it necessary to learn to read music to play cello?

CELLO WORKING TECHNIQUES

Imitate great cello players

Shift the beginning of the piece at each session

When you fail Accidentals

Scribbling

How to practice a difficult section in a piece ?

Avoid degradation of a piece over time

The work of musical nuances

Boost your progression: face new challenges

How to learn by heart?

TRAINING TO PLAY IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE

Marathon workout

Discomfort zone techniques

THE WORK OF CELLO VIRTUOSITY

Virtuosity is mastery

Fingerings and positions on the cello

The metronome's work of mastery and stability

Working on sections where the notes are very fast

Back-nibbling technique: for the ultra-difficult

Regularity workouts for difficult sections

Working on a difficult section: x3 x5 x8 repetition

Use the metronome to learn difficult and long sections that include various rhytms

CELLO-SPECIFIC TIPS

Relaxation

Separate hand work and open strings

Left hand right hand coordination

Play with the bow upside down

Reverse all the bowings

Structure of a working session