Chats to 'Cello Students

Up to the present chapter the student has been instructed how to interpret and perform that which he sees on the music sheet before him; to give a soulful and intelligent readin...

ON THE POSITIONS--THE INDIVIDUAL REQUIREMENTS OF ORCHESTRAL PLAYER AND SOLOIST--THE NECESSITY OF "STRETCHING" FOR THE INTERVALS--THE LOCALITY OF THE NECK POSITIONS--THE ENHARMON...

There are various embellishments in use, some of which are expressed in notation, such as the cadenza, the group of grace notes, the appogiatura. Others are expressed by signs....

The staccato bowing, if neatly executed, has a very brilliant effect; to obtain anything like mastery of it the student must first be careful to see that the bow is held correct...

The subject of gliding, although referring more directly to phrasing, is so nearly connected with shifting and the choice of positions that one is insensibly led into its treatm...

In considering harmonics, the names of two of the greatest violin players the world has ever seen force themselves to one's mind:--Paganini and Spohr; the exponents of two schoo...

The student should always strive to produce a beautiful pleasing tone from his instrument. Rapidity of execution can be acquired with downright hard work, but great skill, promp...

Several works of more or less excellence have already been written on the violoncello and its study. It is all the more difficult then to write a work treating on the whole subj...

In consequence of the great distances which separate the notes in the neck positions on the violoncello, nothing very extraordinary is written, or is expected in the matter of d...

Arpeggios are chords, the notes of which are sounded separately. A modified way of expressing that chords are to be played in arpeggio, is by placing a curved line immediately p...

Most pupils are surprised I have no doubt, at the evident discrepancy seen in the plates usually published with 'cello schools, when compared with the manner in which our first...

The general education of the student must on no account be neglected, in prematurely or unduly developing his talent for 'cello playing. The life of a musician is distinctly soc...

There are various effects possible on the violoncello, which one often finds introduced in modern solo compositions, but on which most works on the art of violoncello playing ar...

This style of bowing (Ex. 14) is known as _martelé . It consists of a smart heavy stroke, with the upper third of the bow. The bow is stopped suddenly at the end of each stroke,...

The first attempts at 'cello playing must be made with long, smooth bow-strokes, care being taken to have a nice even tone from heel to point; great vigilance is here required o...

In introducing this little work on Violoncello Playing, a few words of thanks and explanation are perhaps necessary. My thanks are due to the professional friends, and students-...

the Orchestral Player and Soloist--The Necessity of "Stretching" for the Intervals--The Locality of the Neck Positions--The Enharmonic Difference of Sharp and Flat Keys--Absolut...