Learning the Cello

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  • Bow Fingers and Sensitivity
  • Bow Arm Motions
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  • Practicing and Progressing
  • Performing
  • Teaching the Cello
  • Scales and Reading Music
  • My background
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  • Parents
  • Free Cello Ensemble Music
  • Cello Fingerboard Geography
  • Cello Teacher's Accompaniments
  • The Pelvis
  • Sitting with a cello
  • Things to make or buy to help beginners
  • Developing a bow hold
  • Finger flexing
  • Feeling Awareness
  • Staccato
  • detache'
  • full bow legato
  • Spiccato
  • String Crossing
  • Intonation
  • Shifting
  • Finger Operation
  • Extensions
  • Double Stops
  • Thumb position
  • Timbre
  • Bow placement
  • Bow Speed
  • bow-weight
  • Arm Weight
  • Improvisation
  • Rhythm
  • Teaching Beginners
  • Preparing Yourself to Teach
  • Beginning to play with the bow
  • What age to start lessons
  • Motivation
  • Suzuki method
  • Hymns and Christmas Carols
  • C Major Scales All Over the Cello


 " May the instructions contained herein, direct and stimulate you to that which is good and artistic."- A. Broadly

Hello cello lovers!

As you can see from the menu, learning the cello is a very broad topic! Please explore all the sub-menus under each topic.

 I love teaching the cello and feel driven to do my best for anyone who is eager to learn how to play. I can't bear the thought of eager students who do not have access to good education. Through this website, I hope to help educate anyone with access to the internet, who is looking for inspiration and practical help in learning the cello.

This website was originally conceived as a book but works so much better as a continually updated multi-media resource on ideas that have been gleaned from many cello teachers and from many decades of teaching my students.

I try to keep editing and expanding this website so feel free to come back periodically or "Like" the Facebook page to receive inspiration and updates.





 I don't know how I would have made it through 6 decades of life without the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
 Here I am helping a student bring live music to people living in a nursing home. It enlivens them and they are very appreciative!


I love playing chamber music, especially with my son Gareth and daughter Alex. 

 
                    This website was first published in May 2014   
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