Teaching Cello - Exercises for Beginning Cello Students
Beginning Technique for the Cello
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Double Stop Beginnings for CelloDouble stops that are taught in Beginning Technique are continued here. This book helps strengthen the left hand and also helps note reading (reading two notes at once can be quite tricky for some students).
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Half Position for the CelloThis is a method for learning half position on the cello. With easy exercises and short pieces, this book only contains first and half positions.
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Cello Stretching: Extended First PositionThis is a method for teaching extended first position on the cello. With plenty of material to work with, the book can help cellists with their first position intonation.
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First Position Scale Studies for the CelloBasic scales, rhythms, and bowings for the first year cello student.
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The Hot Cross Buns Book for Cello50 variations on the folk tune, working on note reading on all four strings, third and second finger, and easy rhythms.
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The 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' Book for Cello50 variations on the popular song, working on techniques such as slurs, dotted rhythms, and string crossing.
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The Triplet Book for Cello, Part OneAgility exercises and fiddle tunes in triplets to help the student get used to 6/8 counting and playing. This book is in first position.
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The Triplet Book for Cello, Part TwoFurther studies in triplets. This book is also in first position, with more emphasis on chromatic finger patterns.
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Fun With Double StopsI love the books in this series. The exercises and studies in this book work on double stops in first position.
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Recommended Free Cello Exercises
These books are public domain and available for free on imslp.org:
http://imslp.org/wiki/Daily_Studies_(Klengel,_Julius) (Volume 1 for agility, Volume 2 for string crossing)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Die_ersten_Violoncello-%C3%9Cbungen,_Op.31_(Schr%C3%B6der,_Carl)
http://imslp.org/wiki/School_of_Bowing_Technique_Op.2_for_Cello_(%C5%A0ev%C4%8D%C3%ADk,_Otakar) (Cello version, Part 1, studies for bowing)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Daily_Studies_(Klengel,_Julius) (Volume 1 for agility, Volume 2 for string crossing)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Die_ersten_Violoncello-%C3%9Cbungen,_Op.31_(Schr%C3%B6der,_Carl)
http://imslp.org/wiki/School_of_Bowing_Technique_Op.2_for_Cello_(%C5%A0ev%C4%8D%C3%ADk,_Otakar) (Cello version, Part 1, studies for bowing)