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New content this month!
The Basics
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Which chair do I use? (3:14)
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How to sit (2:00)
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Length of endpin (7:30)
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Bow basics (7:48)
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How to hold the bow (5:59)
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Where do I put my left hand? For beginners (8:56)
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How to play a simple scale (5:25)
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How to tune - basics - for beginners (3:10)
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How to tune like a professional (9:23)
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Pizzicato: Basics and chords (9:48)
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Slurs - for beginners (5:02)
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Arpeggios - for beginners (3:36)
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2nd position: exercise (2:18)
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3rd position - an exercise (2:46)
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4th position - an exercise (2:50)
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Neck positions: two exercises (4:14)
Bow Exercises
Left hand
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Positions basics - beginner (3:16)
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Fingerings basics - beginner (5:46)
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How to play in high register with ease! (17:26)
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How to hit the right notes - a three part exercise (11:43)
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Vibrato - some basics and more advanced (10:35)
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Develop your vibrato (5:06)
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Thumb positions: melodies (7:30)
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Push-off from strings (how to get more sound from left hand) (6:43)
Intonation
Sound
Warm-up
Practice
Music examples
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Haydn C-major concerto (11:51)
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Popper no. 1 - how to articulate! (4:59)
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Cassado suite, 1st movement - part 1 (3:34)
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Cassado suite, 1st movement - part 2 (2:14)
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Cassado suite - 2nd mov. opening (10:30)
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Bach prelude in G - opening (1:47)
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Bach Prelude in C - arpeggios (9:31)
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Le Grand Tango by Piazzolla - part 1 (13:31)
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Le Grand Tango by Piazzolla - part 2 (15:09)
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Pièce en forme de Habanera by Ravel (14:57)
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Saint-Saens cello concerto 3rd mov. (13:54)
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Elgar cello concerto: the opening (8:32)
Other techniques
Posture and body work
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The spine and how to use it while you play (13:59)
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Where should my shoulders be? A simple exercise (6:56)
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How to sit on the chair - in depth explanation (8:53)
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Thumb exercise! A workout for your thumb (13:12)
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How to get a great thumb on bow hand (7:49)
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Strengthening exercise for hands - going more in debth (9:29)
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Timani exercise: Transversus Abdominis (12:27)
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Help, I am shaking! What to do if you are shaking (16:16)
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Help, I am in pain! What to do if something hurts (8:11)
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Chest rest and where your rib cage should go (9:30)
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The Psoas muscle and how it helps to make the most beautiful sound (9:18)
Nervousness and Performance Anxiety
Confidence and Happiness
Equipment
The Library
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Intonation Confidence Boost!
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Become a climber! #notscaredofheigths - etudes
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Bow Exercises Sheet Music
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Sheet music for the beginner cellist
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Sheet music for 2 cellos
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The Major Scale: 2 octaves
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The Major Scale: 3 octaves
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3 scales in C-major
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Rhythm exercise: how to speed up fast!
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Scales: bowing-examples
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Flashcards: Rhythm
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Name of the cello parts!
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Name of the bow parts!
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Etude: "Mrs Butterfly"
