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    • Step Two: Building Early-Intermediate Cello Skills >
      • Methods and Exercises for Teaching Shifting
      • Etudes for Teaching Shifting
      • Duets for Teaching Shifting
      • Repertoire for Early-Intermediate Students
    • Step Three: Building Late-Intermediate Skills >
      • Methods and Exercises for Intermediate Cello Skills
      • Etudes for Late-Intermediate Cello Skills
      • Duets for Intermediate Cello Skills
      • Repertoire for Late-Intermediate Skills
    • Step Four: Starting Cello Thumb Position >
      • Exercises for Early-Advanced Cello Skills
      • Duets for Early-Advanced Students
      • Repertoire for Early-Advanced Students
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    • A Practical Guide to Bach Cello Suite Editions
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Teaching Cello - Late-Intermediate Etude Books

Etudes are designed as a bridge between technique and solo pieces. They can be assigned to work with a specific difficulty, or as a more general preparation for playing.

Feuillard's Finest

These etudes are more technical than melodic but they are pure teaching genius. Great for students in middle school and older.
19471064 look inside Etudes Du Jeune Violoncelliste (60) Composed by Louis R. Feuillard. For cello. Classical. Score. 31 pages. Published by Edition Delrieu (LM.DF315).

De'ak, Popper's Student!

A must-play book of intermediate and early-advanced etudes by a student of the great David Popper. De'ak seems to have written these etudes to prepare his own students to play the Popper etudes. 
Cover tiny file look inside Modern Method for the Violoncello, Volume 2 26 Studies of Medium Difficulty. Composed by Stephen De'ak. Classical. Student book. With Standard notation. 61 pages. Theodore Presser Company #464-00010. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.464000100).

Great cello study books!

Losche abbreviated etudes and interspersed them with his own exercises resulting in an efficient and playable series of study books. Book Four focuses on the often-neglected 6th and 7th positions.
Cover tiny file look inside Ausgewahlte Etuden, Teil 3 Edited by H. Losche. This edition: paperback. Pedagogical. Collection. 64 pages. Published by Deutscher Verlag fur Musik (BR.DV-31035).

Cover tiny file look inside Ausgewahlte Etuden, Teil 4 Edited by H. Losche. This edition: paperback. Pedagogical. Collection. 40 pages. Published by Deutscher Verlag fur Musik (BR.DV-31036).

Kummer's Melodies

Melodious and playable cello etudes by Kummer. If they're too expensive, try searching for them used. Or, here's a link for a free copy: Kummer Op. 57 10 Melodious Exercises.
Cover tiny file look inside 10 Melodious Exercises Op. 57 Composed by Friedrich August Kummer (1797-1879). Edited by Stutschewsky. Studies. Sheet Music. Edition Peters #EP2248A. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP2248A).

More from Schroeder

The second volume of the famous series of etudes by Alwin Schroeder that increases in difficulty from the first volume.
95585 look inside 170 Foundation Studies - Volume 2 (For Violoncello). Composed by Alwin Schroeder. For Cello (Violoncello). This edition: Studies 81-137. Studies 81-137. Instructional and Studies. Instructional book. Bowings and fingerings. 103 pages. Published by Carl Fischer (CF.O2470).

Feuillard's Compilations

Feuillard's elegant series of cello etudes continues with collections that help students work on precision in both the right and left hands.
Cover tiny file look inside Technique du violoncelle - Volume 3 Composed by Louis R. Feuillard. Method / Etudes. Score. 21 pages. Edition Delrieu #DF519. Published by Edition Delrieu (LM.DF519).
Cover tiny file look inside Technique du violoncelle - Volume 4 Composed by Louis R. Feuillard. Method / Etudes. Score. 22 pages. Edition Delrieu #DF520. Published by Edition Delrieu (LM.DF520).

Lee's Beautiful Etudes

Remarkably complex etudes that can teach the intermediate student much about cello playing.

Here's a link to a blog post I wrote that teaches Etude No. 2 in this book in more detail: Free Exercises on Lee's Etude Op. 40, No. 2
Cover tiny file look inside 40 Melodic and Progressive Etudes, Op. 31 - Book 1 (Cello) Cello Method. Composed by Sebastian Lee (1805-1887) and S Lee. Edited by Leo Schultz and L Schultz. String Solo. Studies. Cello studies book. With standard notation, fingerings, bowings and introductory text. Op. 31. 23 pages. G. Schirmer #LB639. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50255860).

Lee's Etudes in Keys; Also Playable as Duets!

Wonderful intermediate etudes by Lee (each about one page) that go through the keys systematically and include a duet part!
Cover tiny file look inside Melodious and progressive Exercises op. 131 For 2 Cellos. Composed by Sebastian Lee (1805-1887). Edited by Hugo Becker. Arranged by Hugo Becker. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Schott. Classical. 979, op. 131. 48 pages. Schott Music #ED 979. Published by Schott Music (HL.49008495).

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  • Home
  • Teaching Cello: The Steps
    • Step One: Cello First Position >
      • Methods for Beginning Cello Students
      • Exercises for Beginning Cello Students
      • Etudes for Beginning Cello Students
      • Duets for Beginning Cello Students
      • Repertoire for Beginning Students
      • Lesson Material for Very Young Beginners
    • Step Two: Building Early-Intermediate Cello Skills >
      • Methods and Exercises for Teaching Shifting
      • Etudes for Teaching Shifting
      • Duets for Teaching Shifting
      • Repertoire for Early-Intermediate Students
    • Step Three: Building Late-Intermediate Skills >
      • Methods and Exercises for Intermediate Cello Skills
      • Etudes for Late-Intermediate Cello Skills
      • Duets for Intermediate Cello Skills
      • Repertoire for Late-Intermediate Skills
    • Step Four: Starting Cello Thumb Position >
      • Exercises for Early-Advanced Cello Skills
      • Duets for Early-Advanced Students
      • Repertoire for Early-Advanced Students
    • Cello Sight-reading
    • Cello Alternative Styles
    • A Practical Guide to Bach Cello Suite Editions
  • Planning Cello Lessons
    • Organizing a cello lesson
    • What do Cello Students Need? >
      • What Beginning Cello Students Need
      • What Intermediate Cello Students Need
      • What Advanced Cello Students Need
  • Cello links and resources
    • Cello teaching supplies
  • Contact/Blog
    • Contact
    • Cello Teaching Blog