About a month after I wrote Open String Bow Workouts, Book One, back at the end of 2019, I got the first email asking...
Cello Teaching Posts
Forked Deer: Free Mini Fiddle Tune Booklet for Violin, Viola, Cello, and String Bass!
All of the music was ready. The snacks, the chairs, the stands; we were ready for anything. Myanna and I had spent...
Learning Three-Octave Cello Arpeggios with Free Preparatory Studies!
Figuring Out How to Teach Cello Arpeggios As long as I have been studying or teaching cello, learning arpeggios...
Learn Cello Scale Spaces – Free Sheet Music!
One of the best ways to map the fingerboard for your mind and fingers is by learning scales. Three-octave scales, in...
Cello Positions: Free Cello Note Charts and Shifting Exercises
However, after you have played in first position for awhile, the other notes on the cello are begging to be learned!...
Prepare to play the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto in A minor!
The Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto is a work for cello and orchestra (or piano), written at an advanced level. Studying...
Improve Your Cello Bowing: Free Mini Open String Workouts
This past year Theresa Villani, a wonderful cellist and cello teacher, wrote and asked if I had any exercises for...
Develop Strong, Curved Fingers for Better Cello Tone
Strong, curved left-hand fingers are essential for good cello technique and for developing a beautiful tone. By...
Master a Romberg Cello Sonata – Free Preparatory Exercises!
I fell in love with the Romberg Cello Sonatas when I started using them regularly as teaching pieces. It took me...
Devils Dream Lesson: Free Exercises for Cello
Learning fiddle tunes on the cello can be difficult because we only have three fingers typically used in each...
Beginning Solo In the Style of O Come Little Children
When a teacher mentioned that her student wasn’t allowed to play O Come Little Children because of religious reasons...