Glad to hear your fingers hitting the fingerboard. This is the mark of a well developed left hand and should be the goal of any aspiring cellist. Again, thanks for the great tutorials. You hit all the important concepts of cello mastery.
Oh no! I am so sorry that you had so much pain :( Go take a rest now! But these exercises is like going to the gym. You will feel in the beginning pain, or tired, but after a while you will build up strenght. Greetings from Amsterdam 🇳🇱😃
My heartfelt gratitude for this beautiful lesson, with detailed finger-view side-on closeups. Your lessons are very encouraging and helpful! The part where you were showing the thumbed scales was gorgeous... it made me appreciate the instrument, and our God gifted fingers and brains, for being able to create musical notes with such efficiency and precision. Your videos will be a major part of my learning this beautiful instrument, starting at a tender age of 47!!!!
Study nº 52 is torture after a few minutes. I don't think I've ever played the whole page in one sitting as it's written. Nonetheless, it's great that there's a play along of some of its iterations. Very useful! BTW, I absolutely love Feuillard exercises and etudes. They keep your mind and fingers fresh, and work at any level.
You are welcome! I thought this his would be a good idea! Of course everyone of us has its own workout. But the purpose of these series is to make us tired! :)
Hi, about study #1, am I wrong or you are kinda plucking the string with the left hand ? Seems to me that you are only doing it on the A string, is there a reason for that?
Vibrato pivots on the thumb as much as on the fingertip. Ilia is welcome to correct me if I'm wrong. I've professionally played violin, contrabass, and recently 'cello.
Fabulous close up videos to help newer cellists see how it is done. My issue is my fingers, particularly pinky and ring finger, do not want to go up and down on their own. Are there any exercises to get fingers to go up/down (cooperate) BEFORE doing etude #1?
Robert Schumann devised a contraption to force his fingers to work independently of each other and permanently damaged one of his hands. Just be thankful for the good strong hands that you have. You will do well, I promise!
Hello! Yes, it is absolutely normal! Specially if you are not used to it! That’s why it is a workout, to be tired and then getting stronger and stronger!
