ADVICES FOR MOTIVATION TO PLAY CELLO
Dissociate working the cello and playing the cello
Law of Least Effort
To watch your fingers or not to watch your fingers?
Select the scores
How often to play the cello per week and for how long?
Warming up and working the sound of cello
Vary musical style
Is it necessary to learn to read music to play cello?
CELLO WORKING TECHNIQUES
Imitate great cello players
Shift the beginning of the piece at each session
When you fail Accidentals
Scribbling
How to practice a difficult section in a piece ?
Avoid degradation of a piece over time
The work of musical nuances
Boost your progression: face new challenges
How to learn by heart?
TRAINING TO PLAY IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE
Marathon workout
Discomfort zone techniques
THE WORK OF CELLO VIRTUOSITY
Virtuosity is mastery
Fingerings and positions on the cello
The metronome's work of mastery and stability
Working on sections where the notes are very fast
Back-nibbling technique: for the ultra-difficult
Regularity workouts for difficult sections
Working on a difficult section: x3 x5 x8 repetition
Use the metronome to learn difficult and long sections that include various rhytms
CELLO-SPECIFIC TIPS
Relaxation
Separate hand work and open strings
Left hand right hand coordination
Play with the bow upside down
Reverse all the bowings
Structure of a working session
Philippe Massol and Robin de Talhouet worked together to compile cello working methods in one book.