Background - guitar early teens. violin early twenties. viola late twenties. classical guitar in my thirties. Now in my forties trying the cello...
Thursday 4.12.07
Picked up nice student cello off craigslist for $200
Friday 4.13.07
Throughout the day - trying to play cello up for maybe 5 minutes at a time.
Started D Major Scale - First Position
Note reading - AB C# D on first string
D E F G on second string
Reading book "Essential Elements for Strings, Cello Book One" by Michael Allen, Robert Gillespie, Pamela Tellejohn Hayes. Pages 1 - 18
Pizzicato - Bouree, Bach Suite 3 - Measures 1 - 9. Attempted to bow Measures 1-3
Saturday 4.14.07
Scales - D & C
Reading book - pages 18 - 21
Long bows 20x on each string
Bowing Bouree - Measures 1 to 9 Attempted
Sunday 4.15.07
Suzuki style - Mississippi Hot Dog (MHD) and Music Make Music (MMM)
Bowing for C & D Scales
Reading notes for the G String
G A B C
Book pages 22-29
Monday 4.16.07
Pizz. 1 4 3 4
Pizz. 1 4 2 4
Pizz. 1 3 2 3
Tuesday 4.17.07
Scales C D Am G
Book 30 - 33
Wednesday 4.18.07
Book Pg 34, Exercises 135, 136, 137, 138
Using Mirror to watch bowing
Bouree Memorize Measures 1 - 5
Thursday 4.19.07
Pg 35, Exercises thru 142
Mirror Watch
Bouree Memorize Measure 6 - 7
Scales D and up the 2nd string.
MHD Rhythms
MMM Rhythm
3 comments:
Hello, from another adult beginner and blogging cellist. Welcome to the wonderful world of cello. As you can see you are not alone. There are many adult beginners out there posting on "Cellists By Night." You'll also see lots of other blogging cellists out there. Guanaco has listed over 100 blogging cellists at Cellomania http://radatilly.blogspot.com/
Hi from me, too, and welcome to the cello. I read about your blog on CelloBloggers. You're welcome to join us there; just stop by and request an invitation.
Another blogging cellist! (How quickly word spreads...) Being a wanderer at heart, I'm also looking forward to reading your travel blog as well.
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