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Beginning Technique for the Cello gives you exercises that will improve your playing right from the beginning.
Starting with just open string and first finger, the finger exercises help you…
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Trill Studies for the Cello, Book One: Preparatory Studies teaches your fingers to be efficient and move faster.
Focusing on short bursts of fast notes, the book uses common principles…
This is a method book that teaches second position on the cello. The book pairs short exercises with pieces, teaching specific concepts on every page. Beginning with closed second position…
The C Major Scale Book teaches a three-octave C major scale and variations on the cello. This book is invaluable in giving the early-intermediate cellist a first experience in the…
Learn cello third position with the exercises and position pieces in this method book.
This book presents scales, arpeggios, broken thirds, and double stops, that emphasize the second position on the cello. These technical studies help the intermediate cellist build a solid shifting technique…
Finger Exercises for the Cello Book Two trains the intermediate cellist’s left hand in strength and agility. The book begins with extended first position and then covers fourth, second, and…
This book teaches the fourth position on the cello through original technique and carefully chosen study material. Shifting, playing across strings, harmonics, and extended fourth position are covered extensively. Fourth…
Bowing Variations for the Cello, Book One explores the technique of bowing with an emphasis on bow rhythms and developing flexibility in the fingers and wrist of the right hand…
The D Major Scale Book for Cello teaches a three-octave D major scale, with variations that focus on shifting, bowing, and rhythm. This book can follow The C Major Scale…
Finger Exercises for the Cello, Book Four trains the intermediate or advanced cellist’s hand in strength and agility using first through eighth positions and basic thumb position. The book includes…
Arpeggio Studies in Two Octaves for the Cello helps teach first though seventh positions through major arpeggios in all keys.
Each two-page study presents the arpeggios in a different rhythm…
Scale Studies for the Third Octave, Book One presents shifting exercises for the notes in the third octave of the D, E-flat, E, F, F-sharp, and G major scales on…
Scale Studies for the Violin, Part One intersperses scales up each of the four strings with variations and scale-based patterns and exercises. Studies on both major and minor scales are…
Improve your beginning cello technique!
Early Exercises for the Cello helps beginning cello students build a stronger technique.
The book helps you develop finger control and dexterity, while also teaching…
This is a method book that teaches fifth position on the cello. The book pairs short exercises with pieces, teaching specific concepts on every page. Beginning with closed fifth position…
Double Stop Etudes for the Cello, Book One presents 30 original studies on double stops for the intermediate cellist. While the etudes include shifting through the fourth position, all of…
This book provides the cellist with further essential daily studies in thumb position. Each short exercise moves through six keys so the spaces can be learned in a variety of…
This early-advanced cello technique book presents studies and variations on broken thirds up a single string. With exercises on each of the four strings, the cellist can improve on their…
Finger Exercises for the Viola, Book One presents a series of exercises that train the beginning violist’s left hand in strength and agility in first position. With sections that focus…
This book explores a variety of shifting styles with short, intense studies. Once the positions have been learned, cellists can use this book as daily shifting practice that can improve…
This book teaches double stop shifting on the cello, focusing on shifting in sixths and thirds through the first four positions. With short exercises that very gradually increase in difficulty…
Double Stop Beginnings for the Cello, Book One teaches you to play two notes at once and get them in tune.
Playing double stops strengthens your fingers, helps you build…
Improve on cello basics.
Cello Book One helps beginning cellists play more fluently.
Easy exercises are combined with famous themes from classical pieces (Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Mozart’s Alleluia…
Bowing Studies on Arpeggios is a series of exercises primarily for the intermediate or advanced cellist’s right hand, with an emphasis on string crossing. The book is written so that…
This book presents a systematic study of treble clef for the intermediate violist. The exercises teach one or two notes at a time, while corresponding pieces utilize the notes that…
This book trains the cello student with basic exercises shifting from first position to fourth position. Shifting studies with both separate and slurred bowing are included. This book is intended…
The Triplet Book for Cello, Part One;helps you easily play pesky triplets.
While it can be awkward and even difficult to play groups of three notes evenly, there is help…
Octaves for the Viola, Book One begins the process of teaching octave double stops using exercises and short pieces. Starting with first position, then moving into third position after a…
Do you struggle to remember sharps and flats while you are playing? Do you wish you had better muscle memory for finger positions? This book can help!
By focusing on…
Cello Stretching: Extended First Position teaches you how to reach beyond first position to play flats and sharps.
Starting with extending to 1st finger flats and finishing with extending forward…
This book combines fun songs and easy exercises to help the beginning bass student play as much as possible. Bass Book One is an excellent companion to Knowing the Notes…
This book teaches the fourth position on the violin through exercises and relevant short pieces, each designed to teach a specific concept. This book is a step-by-step method for introducing…
This book presents basic shifting studies to second, third, and fourth positions in G major for the intermediate violinist. With an emphasis on spacing in each position, the exercises use…
This book presents basic shifting studies to second, third, and fourth positions in C major for the intermediate violist. With an emphasis on spacing in each position, the exercises use…
The Triplet Book for Cello, Part Two presents studies and short pieces that train the cellist’s left and right hands in playing groups of three notes. Working on chromatic fingerings…
This book is an introductory viola method for the absolute beginner. Starting with open string letters and songs with simple finger numbers, the book progresses to short exercises and familiar…
Learning the Cello, Book One is an introductory cello method for the absolute beginner. Starting with open string letters and songs with simple finger numbers, the book progresses to short…
Learning the Bass, Book One is an introductory bass method for the absolute beginner. Starting with open string letters and songs with simple finger numbers, the book progresses to short…
Learn more violin!
Learning the Violin, Book Two teaches a new set of skills on the violin and helps you become more fluent in first position.
The book reviews note-reading…
Learn more viola!
Learning the Viola, Book Two teaches a new set of skills on the viola and helps you become more fluent in first position.
Learn more cello!
Learning the Cello, Book Two teaches a new set of skills on the cello and helps you become more fluent in first position.
This book presents easy studies and cooresponding short pieces that introduce the student to basic fifth position on the cello. Beginning with the idea that fifth position is most easily…
Early Exercises for the Violin is written specifically for beginning violinists. Using three exercises each week, the book teaches finger strength, rhythm, and very basic bowing. Early Exercises covers only…
This book combines fun songs and easy exercises to help the beginning viola student play as much as possible. Viola Book One is an excellent companion to Knowing the Notes…
Timid About Starting Cello Third Position?
Third Position Preparatory Studies for the Cello gives you easy studies and corresponding short position pieces that introduce you to very basic third position…
