How to learn the sautillé stroke - a super fast spiccato technique. This is an advanced skill, and you might want to check out my video about spiccato first: • Spiccato Basics: Learn...
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. I love that you throughly explain the physics (the why) instead of merely the how of the technique. 💖💕
@@CelloRefinery Diane - Your explanation was really clear. As an aging adult learner I will probably never encounter a need for the sautille stroke it but your breakdown of how to approach sautille was very instructive to understanding my simpler bow work.
@@Bob_Morrow Yes, and I do think that there's a lot of value in working on things that aren't quite accessible all the way for you at this stage. But any time you work on controlling the bow in some way, you are working on controlling the parts of your hand and arm that need to work together, so it's all good training. And there's a lot in this video about understanding spiccato as well.
Thank you Diane❤️. I was hoping you would do a video on the Sautille. I have been struggling with 2nd Movement of Elgar’s Concerto. I can do the stroke but find it really hard to keep it going and also get my lefthand in sync. 😅
Hi Jan! Getting the left hand to sync with right is really tricky in that piece since it's all off the beat. The "golden rule" of fast separate notes is to follow the bow. So whatever is going on with the left hand, let the bow be in charge since it's more rhythmic. And I'm sure you're doing lots of metronome work - it's good to do a tight little detache stroke and then gradually try to get it to bounce, working up speed a bit as you go. Good luck!
@@janettebailey7771 It's never one-size-fits-all, but for that movement, with so much of the left hand moving after the beat, I find it much more stable to get a sense of every 4 sixteenth notes from the bow. Of course, there might be times where the bow has to give the left hand some time to move (like big jumps) but in general for most running passages my mantra is to make sure the bow is steady. Then if you drop a note here or there, it's hard to even notice!
Hi - there are some arrangements for cello of the Meditation from Thais by Massenet, but I don't understand what your request is here. Can you ask a question with more details? Thanks!
@Bulletmasterrighteous. It's not a cello piece, really, so it's not something I have ever played. Do you mean like a teaching video where I explain how to learn it? I don't think I would want to make a performance video without piano.
It is so sweet that you want me to play this piece - I really appreciate it. I notice on your own youtube channel that you have other people (violinists mostly) playing this piece, so it must be something you really like. I am going to respectfully decline to add to your collection, however, because 1) it's not a piece that I am interested in performing right now, 2) even a professional has to practice before they record something, and I don't have extra practice time, 3) I don't do performances of repertoire that require piano without the piano, and I don't have a piano where I am right now. There seem to be quite a few performances on youtube of cellists playing the piece, though, so I hope you can find some that you like. Good luck!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise. I love that you throughly explain the physics (the why) instead of merely the how of the technique. 💖💕
I'm so glad you appreciate it! I agree that it makes the information more concrete when the "why" is there.
Best explanation I could find!
It's such a hard stroke to do. I wasn't even sure what I was saying would all make sense, so I'm glad it does!!
@@CelloRefinery Diane - Your explanation was really clear. As an aging adult learner I will probably never encounter a need for the sautille stroke it but your breakdown of how to approach sautille was very instructive to understanding my simpler bow work.
@@Bob_Morrow Yes, and I do think that there's a lot of value in working on things that aren't quite accessible all the way for you at this stage. But any time you work on controlling the bow in some way, you are working on controlling the parts of your hand and arm that need to work together, so it's all good training. And there's a lot in this video about understanding spiccato as well.
Thank you Diane❤️. I was hoping you would do a video on the Sautille. I have been struggling with 2nd Movement of Elgar’s Concerto. I can do the stroke but find it really hard to keep it going and also get my lefthand in sync. 😅
Hi Jan! Getting the left hand to sync with right is really tricky in that piece since it's all off the beat. The "golden rule" of fast separate notes is to follow the bow. So whatever is going on with the left hand, let the bow be in charge since it's more rhythmic. And I'm sure you're doing lots of metronome work - it's good to do a tight little detache stroke and then gradually try to get it to bounce, working up speed a bit as you go. Good luck!
Thanks Diane for your help, I think I was taught the lefthand leads , maybe that’s why I have been struggling so much. ❤️
@@janettebailey7771 It's never one-size-fits-all, but for that movement, with so much of the left hand moving after the beat, I find it much more stable to get a sense of every 4 sixteenth notes from the bow. Of course, there might be times where the bow has to give the left hand some time to move (like big jumps) but in general for most running passages my mantra is to make sure the bow is steady. Then if you drop a note here or there, it's hard to even notice!
@@CelloRefinery thank you so much Diane.
Meditation massent by thais please
Hi - there are some arrangements for cello of the Meditation from Thais by Massenet, but I don't understand what your request is here. Can you ask a question with more details? Thanks!
@CelloRefinery can you please play meditation massent by thais can you make a video of playing it
@Bulletmasterrighteous. It's not a cello piece, really, so it's not something I have ever played. Do you mean like a teaching video where I explain how to learn it? I don't think I would want to make a performance video without piano.
@@CelloRefinery please
It is so sweet that you want me to play this piece - I really appreciate it. I notice on your own youtube channel that you have other people (violinists mostly) playing this piece, so it must be something you really like. I am going to respectfully decline to add to your collection, however, because 1) it's not a piece that I am interested in performing right now, 2) even a professional has to practice before they record something, and I don't have extra practice time, 3) I don't do performances of repertoire that require piano without the piano, and I don't have a piano where I am right now. There seem to be quite a few performances on youtube of cellists playing the piece, though, so I hope you can find some that you like. Good luck!