Etudes for Cello!

Francis Grant’s introduction to learning thumb positions on the cello.

These exercises have been written for the specific purpose of introducing cello students to the thumb position at the earliest practicable stage in their development. The material in this introductory volume retains the thumb on the octave harmonic.

Rick Mooney’s double stops method provides excellent learning material for the young and advancing cellist.. More than 60 familiar folk songs—many in the Suzuki repertoire—help the student learn skills such as hearing intonation, shaping the hand correctly, shifting, extensions, and preparing for future repertoire. Published by Summy-Birchard and is an excellent companion to the Suzuki Method.

These easy-to-read, progressive exercises by Joanne Martin develop a student's reading skills one stage at a time, with many repetitions at each stage. I Can Read Music is designed as a first note-reading book for students of string instruments who have learned to play using an aural approach such as the Suzuki Method®, or for traditionally taught students who need extra note reading practice. Its presentation of new ideas is clear enough that it can be used daily at home by quite young children and their parents, with the teacher checking progress every week or two.

Volume 1 covers scales and arpeggios in two, three, and four octaves.  The scales are also presented in brokenthirds, and with multiple bowing patterns for well-rounded practice.  This item is a Schirmer edition.

Vol 2: 12 Sections of technical work (with multiple parts each) and sections titled 'Bowings' for those sections.

Studies for cello in first position by Kummer, Dotzauer, Lee, Borschitzky, Stastny, Verner, and Nolck.

• Includes explanation of tempo marks, abbriviations, signs,

• and dynamics.

• Arranged and edtied by Charles Krane

• Published by Spratt Music Publishers

Description

Position Pieces for Cello by Rick Mooney  is designed to give students a logical and fun way to learn their way around the fingerboard. Each hand position is introduced with exercises called "Target Practice," "Geography Quiz," and "Names and Numbers." Following these exercises are tuneful cello duets which have been specifically composed to require students to play in that hand position. In this way, students gain a thorough knowledge of how to find the hand positions, and once there, which notes are possible to play. Using these pieces (with names like "I Was a Teenage Monster," "The Irish Tenor," and "I've Got the Blues, Baby"), position study on the cello has never been so much fun!

This re-engraved edition of Volume 1 of Alwin Schoreder’s celebrated 170 Foundation Studies for Violincello keeps intact Schoreder’s organized studies in a pedagogically progressive order and adds editor, Richard Hughey’s, lifelong experience learning from and teaching with the collection. These are wonderful studies for the beginning cellist and also works to renew and further develop experienced players as well.

This re-engraved edition of Volume 1 of Alwin Schoreder’s celebrated 170 Foundation Studies for Violincello keeps intact Schoreder’s organized studies in a pedagogically progressive order and adds editor, Richard Hughey’s, lifelong experience learning from and teaching with the collection. These are wonderful studies for the beginning cellist and also works to renew and further develop experienced players as well.

A guide for young cellists, taking a gradual, step by step approach to reading tenor clef. Students can become comfortable with the new clef before they have mastered advanced shifting, and other techniques associated with the uppper register of the cello. Students are given practice at moving into and out of tenor clef, and the books activity pages and rounds are suitable for individual lessons or group classes.

As with the other books in his "...for Cello" series, Rick Mooney has made the learning of a specific technique easier and more enjoyable than ever before. The pieces in these books include easy classical music (e.g. from the "Anna Magdalena Notebook" and Tschaikowsky's "Album for the Young") as well as folk songs, fiddle tunes and several pieces by Mr. Mooney specially composed to address specific technical points. All of the pieces have been arranged as duets, with a second cello part for the teacher (or other students in a group class) to play. As a result, students are readily able to hear when they are playing accurately. "Thumb Position for Cello" comes in two volumes. Book 1 includes only the four basic fingering patterns used in thumb posi- tion. This is the only book available which gives the student so much opportunity for repetition and mastery of basic thumb position technique. Book 2 (available in 1999) includes more advanced thumb position techniques including chromatic finger patterns, extending the hand, use of fourth finger, moving the thumb across as well as up and down the string, and getting into and out of thumb position. These well-organized, enjoyable books will be a welcome addition to the libraries of all teachers and students of the cello.

A Basic Scale Study for the Intermediate String Player.Description: Two Octave Scales and Bowings is a helpful and fresh look at scales and bowings for budding string players and is recommended by the ASTA Certificate Program for Strings. Included for each major and minor scale are: a two octave scale; a scale played on one string; arpeggios; a chromatic scale; and the scale in octaves, thirds and sixths. Bowings covered include detache, legato, martele, staccato, ricochet, colle, spiccato and sautille.

Teach Cello with the popular Suzuki Cello School. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Shinichi Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability, and that people are the product of their environment. According to Shinichi Suzuki, a world-renowned violinist and teacher, the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Students are taught using the "mother-tongue" approach. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school, such as the Suzuki Cello School. Suzuki lessons are generally given in a private studio setting with additional group lessons. The student listens to the recordings and works with their Suzuki cello teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.This Suzuki Book is integral for Suzuki cello lessons.