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Wow!!! Thank you!!

Dr. Winold, thank you so much for this! This is Joong-In Rhee your former student. You have been such an influence in my life - as a cellist and a human being. I am sorry I didn't send you the music you lent me three decades ago - I mis-placed it (Agh) I will find it yet and get it to your hands.

Great tutorial to overview cello playing. Thank you!

Ganz Herzlichen Dank fur Ihre Hilfe!!!

Thank you for this comprehensive video, Dr Winold. It is extremely helpful to understand the mechanics of playing the cello. Your explanation is very clear. I love it and feel so lucky to be able to watch this video.

Dr. Winold, it's such a pleasure to watch this and remember (and better understand!) the things you taught me. Thank you for this great video!

thank you so much Helga for sharing your experience!

Very thorough and impressive. Thank you.

Wow this is just a treasure chest of information! Thank you Helga! 🙏👏 🤩

lost her when she came up with that skeleton which " isn't vaccinated so still has to wear a mask". Come on. Not funny. That nonsense even in a music lesson??

Thank you so much ❤

Dear Helga! Thank you so much for this video. I started playing 7 months ago and I’m 45 years old. I still had pain and tired right shoulder when i played on the D and A String. Your video helped me understand the complete movement of my right arm , since then i dont have pain. I can play each day and I’m more relax!! Thank you so much, its very interesting! Marguerite from Québec

Thank you for your teaching Dear Helga.. ❤ it is a summary

정말 감사합니다. 초심으로 돌아가 기초를 잡는데 무척 도움이 됩니다. 하루에 한번씩 보면 실력이 완전히 달라질 것 같습니다. 다시 한 번 감사드립니다.

This is the best cello instruction video I’ve ever seen!!!

¡Gracias! Interesante clase magistral para enviarla a mis estudiantes 🎶❤️🇨🇱

I need a teacher like her 👍🏻.

Great for me, when I started playing the cello 15 months ago, after playing the trombone for 20 years. Even better now, when I know, what cello playing is about.

So happy to see your videos. ❤

Older adult and lifetime musician..and now teaching myself cello. Your teachings are incredible...so glad I found ur channel. Thank you.

As an adult (50+) learning on my own, this video is priceless -- a visual of all the mechanics that one simply cannot "get" by looking at photos in a book, no matter how clearly they are explained in type. This presentation makes them all come alive and be easily understood. Thank you muchly! Pretty sure I will be coming back to this video, again and again, as I progress through my study and practice. Now, if only someone would find a way to write music for dyslexic people, my cello world would be perfect. A universal color system would help immensely. A line is a line. A letter is a letter. All of them are interchangeable. But, red is red, and blue is blue - no getting that confused. Dear sheet music industry, here's your hint... please. 99% of my frustration is notation.

A wonderful teacher and cellist

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Great Madam

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great class - very informative! Thank you Helga

Thank you so much!

So much information, incredibly helpful also for professionals and especially students! Tausend Dank dafür!

Helga, thank you so much. Every cellist from professional player to those who have been playing for a short time. So much information beautifully presented.

I’d also like to have heard more about establishing the left hand fingers with the appropriate weight on the strings. I’m aware of what that is personally but teaching it has always been a struggle. Some kids get it and their thumb is relaxed, others don’t.

It’s fabulous overall. I’m wondering why no discussion about the orientation of the first finger in thumb position and in various situations. I’ve heard (and seen) all different things. For instance at some parts she seems to be pushing the side of the string with the first finger in upper position work. But anyone who’s watched Rostropovich (and he’s not the only one) knows that great cello playing can be done with a mostly opposite direction (collapsed) articulation of the first finger last joint in upper positions. This has always been confusing to me.

You are wonderful

What a great teacher. I love her.

I SOUND GREAT!! Thank you Ms. Helga!

Helga, thank you so much i play cello several years now, but your video makes so much sense and answers lots of questions where i got stuck, thank you so much for this work, greetz from the netherlands 🇳🇱

Love it... Thank you :)

Wow!

Dear Helga, I started the cello at 30 and appreciate your filling in the gaps of all my questions , especially about not gripping the bow! I have been working on relaxing my hand and letting go of the bow or what I call “riding the bow” Your video helped reinforce all my practice concepts to relax my whole right arm! I played with a community symphony in the Boston area and have loved playing the cello most of my adult life! I am also an artist and did ballet for 17 years! You are so right about the muscles that used to play this instrument! It’s demanding, especially as we age! I am 81 years young and still practice the cello for an hour or two three times a week or more! I swim for exercise! I sleep for my body to restore itself! I can only thank you so very much for your carefully designed lesson for my cello playing! My husband loved my cello playing and he had Alzheimer’s but he knew the difference between good tones and others! He loved hearing the music for five years and reached 90 years young! I am so glad that I could give such pleasure during that very hard time of his life! It kept harmony in our lives! Music is everything! Thank you again ,Helga, from the bottom of my heart!!

Was all going great until you mentioned haveing to wear a mask because he is not vacinated. What brain washing garbage.

Thank you Helga for this wonderful resource, so generously and kindly presented.

Muito obrigado pela excelente aula!

I begin learning cello today! played piano for years, but trying to get serious about music again. Incredibly helpful video! I don't feel like I'm going in completely blind.

❤❤❤ Thank you for your wonderful and well detailed explanation, it’s being so helpful for my 10 year old son in his cello’s practice. ❤❤❤

Bravo Helga, please more videos

How was this free? Unbelievable information a masterclass!! thank you to all involved in bringing this for all to learn and experience.

Thank you so much for this valuable lesson.

Love your humor. Thanks for the lessons.

Great video. Very helpful. Many thanks.

All this time I thought I held my bow wrong, or my positioning was wrong because every single cellist says something different from the knees to the thumb. And I would cry because I would feel so uncomfortable and still not get anything right. This has helped immensely. I adore you and this video, thank you so much. 🧡

I’m so very glad that I found your video. I love your snippets of humour but most of all thank you for sharing your comprehensive knowledge in a hands on and instructional manner. I am a mere beginner, however I dare to dream big! Thank you.😋