Practice ....Practice....Practice

I'm back to the up and down method of practicing. Do exercises until tired (approx 15 minutes). Put cello down, play on the internet, go back and some more exercises until tired, repeat.

I understand from the Pimsleur language method of graduated interval recall that when one learns a phrase, it goes into short term memory and fades. If repeated at the proper interval it can swiftly move from short-term to long-term memory. Let's hope it works for cello as well.