Description

A Grand Tour of Cello Technique serves as an insightful practice manual, designed to assist cellists of all skill levels in cultivating their unique musical expression through diverse fingering and bowing techniques. This guide not only enhances technical proficiency but also deepens the understanding of musical artistry, structured across nine engaging chapters.

Songs / Content

• Introducing Twelve Tones
• Triads and Seventh Chords
• Circle of Fifths
• Scales
• Metronome Games
• Harmonics and Open Strings
• Lateral Motion
• Extended Techniques and a Discussion of the Bow
• Practicing Together
• With a particular emphasis on music of the 20th and 21st centuries, and its connections with earlier music,
• Fred Sherry takes the readeron a voyage of discovery of the art and science of cello technique, informed by music ranging from Bach all the way through to Berio.
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