Cello Exercises that have Transformed my Playing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- Welcome to "All Things Cello" - my new at-home video series...
Exercises:
1. Collé
2. Double stop patterns
3. Sevcik bowing exercise
4. Feuillard shifting exercise
5. Big shifts
6. Slurred Staccato
7. Velocity Scales/arpeggios
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If only more neighbors' *"noise"* sounded like yours...
Sublime.
who was mostly impresed of how good he plays instead of thinking about the exercise
1. Collé 0:57
2. Double stop patterns 3:48
3. Sevcik bowing exercise 5:19
4. Feuillard shifting exercise 8:17
5. Big shifts 9:51
6. Slurred Staccato 10:55
7. Velocity Scales/arpeggios 12:26
You mentioned a cellist with the last name Smith during the big shifts exercise. I would link his channel but I don't know how to spell his first name and I could not find it.
Jaden No last name, it’s Brinton Smith :)
Thanks man
I've been using your exercises for the last couple of months. Today I surprised myself! I improved more in 2 months than I have the last 10 years since I studied cello at the university and I'm not doing all of them. Appreciate your help very much! Unfortunately, there aren't any good cello teachers around here.
Thank you, so precious! And let me tell you that I'd like to argue with your neighbors about their complaints on listening to you playing so amazingly, even during rehearsal, just to remind them they're pretty lucky to have you as a wonderful cello player instead of an absolute beginner making creaking sounds like me:-) Thank you!
Thank you for your kind comment, much appreciated :)
Great video - excellent job! Love not only the really great playing and thoughtfulness, but also the calm, relaxed delivery! 👍
At a very young age, you are truly a great teacher! Thank you.
I bought my first cello this week. I saved this video to watch ... later. Thanks!
Thanks Richard, just found your series of videos and LOVE your approach. One left hand exercise I have done since childhood: Cossman, great for the left- hand agility
Hands down fantastic video! Adding to my practice sessions right away. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
Thanks so much Richard I will certainly start applying your advice to my practice
Thanks for taking the time to share your insight and experience. It makes a difference!
double stops will help me a lot! Thanks and tempo runs getting the speed work done. Such great ideas you've given us. Thank you for your time.
Thank you Richard! I just started cello. Very informative. Really appreciate the direction on exercises!👍
thank you so much this. I just did Colle practice a week and my bow feel much secure and improve my spicato skill
Thanks for sharing very good tips! Hope you publish these exercises combined as a book 📖
Thats a nice one, I'm picking up my today. Can't wait !!
Incredible tone!
Gracias Richard, this sounds amazing, and very well explained, i think I'm not in the level yet but for sure, will have all this recommendations when i get there.
Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much! I loved it! I'm definitely going to incorporate these into my practice. I've been playing cello for 35 years. I took 4 years at the university (in Spanish) and played in the symphony after I retired. The university was taken over and they did away with orchestra programs & lessons for the public. There are no outstanding cello teachers around for 100+ miles. I'm getting up in age and have great difficulty (lack of health & energy) to practice both cello & advanced piano every day. I appreciate this very much!! Please give us more!!
This was super helpful! Thank you!!
Great video! Please consider doing part 2!
Thank you for sharing these. I’m excited to add them to my practice sessions!
Thanks for watching!
your playing speaks for itself. I'd love to some day have a tone as clean as yours
Thank you for sharing!
Great video! That Piatti Caprice No.1 played as intended (at the tip starting up-bow) would really develop your shoulder rotation with a straight arm! Your bow travels a bit crooked in the upper half, meaning your string vibrations are ever so slightly compromised. I seem to remember the Feuillard shift exercise in C major, not G major, so without the open shape on the third pattern. Just that bit easier than your version! Love the 'Sweet dreams are made of this' exercise (7' 52")!
Thanks for sharing these important exercises!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the tips ! its very helpful and insightful ! :)
Great advice!!!
7:15 Of all the techniques, the string crossing is the most difficult especially as playing at a faster rhythm, I hope that one day I can do it like you.
Even your cello with a mute sounds amazing
Hi there, i am so glad to find you video as I struggle a lot with the same practice (colle). When I shift from one string to another, especially from the A to G, my finger lose contact and my bowl hold get loose…I have a fairly short pinky and I’m sure whether this is the reason .If you could please share your experience that would be great
5:55 WHAT IS THAT MELODY. No but fr you make your cello sound so beautiful, meanwhile I make any cello sound terrible 😅😭
Thanx a lot!
Thank you for sharing your technique it was very intriguing. It reminded me of Andre Navarra's black & white videos in French. Would it be too much to hope that you remake similar kind of video in English and easier version for the beginners if you can find time. Thanks Much!
This video will be so helpful for what I'm trying to get across to my students. (One in particular.) Is it possible to post the books? Some I know, but think it would be helpful.
Hi Richard!
Congrats!!! Very Nice!
Please, I'm curious! Who made your cello? Do you have a luthier in the brand?
Sounds like Bjorn Nordenstrom if it were music, love it❤
OMG, you use q-3 on thirds?!
That means I'm not the only one who found the usual 1-4 cumbersome.
THANK YOU!
I don't know what you are talking about.. :(
@@gersonandrescuevaspierola1390 Q means the thumb. So when you see a fingering "q-3" it means the thumb (q) and the ring finger (3).
0:51 Why do musicians always have THOSE neighbors?!
The first excercise is from André Navarra hehe
Respect!
Hello, what is the Sevcik Exercise you referred to? Can't spot it. Thank you in advance. Great video!
Op 3. There's a lot of excersices there
Sevcik 40 variations (transcribed for cello)
Here is the exercise he referred to:
ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/5/51/IMSLP19454-PMLP45683-Sevcik_Op.2_Pt.3_Cello.pdf
Hi I’m 2.5 years in adult beginner- I’m working on Breval, the Rondo with the fast passages.
My elbow feels most comfortable where you have yours (I might not be as tall as you, I’m 5’8)... and my teacher is recommending brining my elbow up higher.
How did you find your sweet spot for elbow - especially for doing faster passages in first position? Did your teachers also try to get your elbow higher?
on a string low elbow... fell the weight of arm instead of pressing fingers
Hello! is there any book recommendation for practicing double stop? Thank you :)
Hey thanks so much for helping if just can you write us the sheet music of this exercices and thanks
I've made weird connections between cycling and cello technique in the past. Funny how that can happen.
When I play the first exercise it sounds squeeky & squawky. I have to lift my index finger off the Bb to play it. Also, the bottom notes, changing strings from III to II. They sound squeeky and squawky at the frog. Not used to playing so many notes at the frog. I just have to play the exercise a lot slower than you do to get a quality sound. I'm playing with very slight, relaxed motion in my wrist. No problem on the other exercises. The first one is the one that gives me the most headaches.
What Model is your Cello an who is the maker? It looks and sounds amazing!
It's difficult to make out from this angle and I could be wrong...
But by the way the upper corners turn, it could be a Stradivari model.
@@oliviu-dorianconstantinesc288 i think the upper half is too wide and too round for a strad modell 🤔
@@Sebastian_cello There are Strad models like the Castelbarco and the Medici which are rounder than the usual forma B model. Without a full frontal of the cello I can't say for sure.
@@oliviu-dorianconstantinesc288 oh, good to know, thank you very much, i love learning new things about all those Models :D
@@oliviu-dorianconstantinesc288 is there any possibility for me to send you a pic of my own Cello? It's a 1840-1860 french made copie of an old italian Maker but thats all i can say, also the quality and the sound is amazing bit i'd love to learn more
1:30. It' from André Navarra.
You’ve got those First two exercises from Navarra, right?)))
Who?
Great. It works. Thx!!! I would be happy if I would have a chance to be your neighbor. :)
Why dubble notes always with 1st-3rd fingers, not 1-2(1-3), 2-4(3-4)?
Did anyone find the bow Sevcik he was talking about?
How lomg you been playing Richard?
I can't find Piane exercise #1. Where can I find it?
Doesn't the wrist hurt? :( Looks so hard
What is the name of the piece in the opening?
Prelude, Bach cello suite n. 6
How do I do the collé part 😭 I’ve been struggling for an hour plz help
Whats the name of the book?
where can I find these exercises? any book? thanks.
Here is the third exercise he referred to:
ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/5/51/IMSLP19454-PMLP45683-Sevcik_Op.2_Pt.3_Cello.pdf
@@DVZM. thank uu soo much
I couldn't quite understand you. the piece is what number 7?
Duport?
What book are you speaking of please?
Sevcik Bowing Exercises arr. cello. He also mentions Feuillard Daily Exercises
Here is the exercise he referred to:
ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/5/51/IMSLP19454-PMLP45683-Sevcik_Op.2_Pt.3_Cello.pdf
My bow straightness is the real issue here 😖
What awful neighbours you have! They should come and stay in my house for a week.... They'll thank you on their knees for your cello!! BTW, thanks for the fantastic exercises.
Why is your pinkie ON the stick?
Alot of cellists prefer to have their pinky on the stick. In cello playing, it doesnt matter what someone does, at long as you can do it long term without injury and it sounds inoffensive
It’s more of a European school of teaching. The pinky can remain on top for balance and strength. Plus, not everyone’s pinkies are the same length, so it should go wherever is comfortable for the player
Generally speaking I don't play with my pinky on the stick, as you can see in most of my videos. That being said, it is definitely helpful to practice with the pinky on the stick - not only to build strength, but also to develop a sense of balance with the bow. I try to do a little bit of this most days when I practice, just to remind myself of that feeling of balance. So if you're practicing Duport 7, for example, as in this video, try to do so with the specific intention of balancing the weight of the tip, and really feeling the pinky working. It is a deliberate exercise. Over time it has really helped me develop more refinement and control in the bow. Once you develop this sensitivity and awareness in the hand you don't really need to keep your pinky ON the stick at all times.. it's more just to feel the balance. Try it out and see what you think. Just reading the comments now I see that Hannah basically mentioned the same ideas already.. Sorry to repeat! All best, Richard
I'm sorry a complaint about hearing beautiful music?????!?!?!
Haha no...
assurdo !!!...chi ti ha insegnato questa stupida tecnica
No one asked for your opinion this is beautiful
your right hand is pretty like a tree branch 😂😂😂 You can not broke your wrist like that 🙈