required technique impossible for that side of the body. In such a situation, the player must decide whether or not to reverse the set-up of the cello (the...

Cello techniques encompass a diverse set of approaches and methods employed by cellists to master the cello. Various techniques include bowing techniques...

adapting her cello technique. Though she had decided that her dream was to be a singer/songwriter, she remained committed to the cello as her instrument...

VY-ə-lən-CHEL-oh, Italian pronunciation: [vjolonˈtʃɛllo]), commonly abbreviated as cello (/ˈtʃɛloʊ/ CHEL-oh), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally...

seminal work of cello technique. He also wrote six cello concertos and his Études pour violoncello. Duport and Jean-Pierre refined their technique in France...

A cello étude (or study) is a piece of music written for the solo cello that zeroes in on specific techniques. Cello études are most often written by cellists...

included the major concertos, music for cello and piano, and the solo cello repertoire. His astonishing technique in the higher register enabled him to...

The Cello Sonata (Sonate pour violoncelle et piano), L. 135, is a sonata for cello and piano by Claude Debussy. It was part of his project Six sonatas...

bow, cello bow, and so on. Recently, bass and cello bows have been used on certain percussion instruments as an extended technique. This technique is most...

focused on themes of racism, discrimination and (in)justice. Much of the cello technique Mingus learned was applicable to double bass when he took up the instrument...

(1995). "Problems of Sound Production: How to Make a String Speak". Cello Technique: Principles and Forms of Movement. Indiana University Press. pp. 135–41...

journaliers (Daily exercises) cover the most important aspects of cello technique, such as neck and thumb exercises and bow exercises. It is in particular...

smaller instrumental groups as well as a book of études for solo cello, 24 Etudes for Cello. The book is divided into two volumes, each with 12 études. The...

The Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69, is the third of five cello sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed it in 1807–08, during his productive...

perceived (cellos and double basses are more likely to produce recognizable pitches because of the longer length of their strings). This technique is used...

with his new way of playing the cello. They got to know one another, finding they had similar views on general technique and interpretation of music. In...

Boyd and Nigel Butterley. He has written three books on cello technique: Eloquent Cello Technique (2003), A Cellist’s Companion (2005) and The Larrikin...

the Nazi dictatorship in 1945, she became a cello teacher. She wrote a number of books on cello technique. After retiring she published her memories of...

serve as excellent primary sources in tracking the development of cello technique throughout the eighteenth-century. Not much is known about the composer's...

The Concerto for Cello and Orchestra is a cello concerto by György Ligeti written in 1966. It is dedicated to cellist Siegfried Palm, who gave the concerto...

playing "3rd bridge", a guitar technique using the part of the string between the nut and the stopping finger; see Xenakis' cello piece Nomos Alpha for a similar...

a double stop is the technique of playing two notes simultaneously on a stringed instrument such as a violin, a viola, a cello, or a double bass. On...

his compositions including the two cello concertos are used by various students around the world to learn technique. Kabalevsky was elected vice president...

gamba). The standard modern violin family consists of the violin, viola, cello, and (possibly) double bass. Instrument names in the violin family are all...

programs presented over the years. Finckel's 100 online lessons on cello technique, Cello Talks, are viewed by an international audience of musicians. Finckel...

using the side of the thumb to press down the string. This technique—also used on the cello—is called thumb position. While playing in thumb position,...

sautillé describe similar techniques. David Popper: Elfentanz David Popper's "Elfentanz" is a perpetuum mobile piece for cello and piano consisting of continuous...

is typical of Debussy's style. It also uses many types of extended cello technique, including left-hand pizzicato, spiccato and flautando bowing, false...

tone".: 162  The concerto was Beethoven's first work to use advanced cello techniques.: 162  In the published version, the concerto bore a dedication to...

incorporates banjo, guitar, and mandolin along with percussion and unusual cello techniques. His songs exhibit a mix of folk, bluegrass, jazz, and R&B elements...