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Thank you! I love teaching - let me know if you have any requests for topics.

It's truly amazing how much good solo rep there is in the world that is almost totally unknown. I am starting work on my next 2 programs, and again they are all fabulous! Glad you liked it, and thanks for listening!

Everyone is a bit different about how much they need or want to tilt. My whole technique is built around tilting for ease of playing and power (but I'm a slight person, so I have to have really good balance in order to produce a big sound).

It's important to mix up how we go through music, otherwise we get into a slump!

Sometimes you literally have to schedule it, or if your nervous system likes rewards, make a check on a chart or calendar every day you practice. It's hard, though!

I'm super psyched that other teachers see these videos - thanks for watching!

We'd love to have you join - so far yesterday we just had the intro with history and there wasn't any actual playing, so you haven't missed much! You can register here: cellochaplin.wixsite.com/cellorefinery/online-classes you can also send me a message from that website if you have questions. I'll send you the recording from the first class after you register; there were a couple other people who couldn't attend when it ran live, as often happens with time zone problems.

@@CelloRefinery Thank you Diane. I already registered (Francisco Arce) and sent you a message requesting the recording of the first class which I missed. Thank you.

Yes! The bowing you mention is called "sautillé" but it's a French word, so it sounds like so-tee-ay. Same word as sauté - when you cook things in oil and they bounce in the pan! It will be a couple of weeks until I get it done, but I'll try to come back and tell you when it's up. Meanwhile, there are some tips about fast spiccato in this video ua-cam.com/video/J5YJ-EC_IZY/v-deo.html

Glad to be of help - practice doing the harmonics every day and it will get easier and more secure to play them.

It's so simple with the trick of going up a string!

You're welcome! I should make some more specialty technique videos....

Oof, that's tough. Once you get to a certain level of playing you can kind of "practice on your arm" but that doesn't help so much with basics. I have a lot of exercises off the cello that I use to teach different things - maybe I should make a "silent" series for folks like you that are without cello sometimes. You can look at the Vibrato Fundamentals videos if you want ideas on vibrato without a cello.

There are so many things to target and drill, it's hard to do it all. But bit by bit you can!

Intonation is so hard on cello - glad this helps!

To really get the full effect of smooth string crossings, you do also need to work on left hand holding the strings. ua-cam.com/video/viL5kue-VRE/v-deo.htmlsi=WnQPxExZvjaCSmd4

I continually find that my students struggle to play in tune in 4th position. I may post some more things that address this issue!

It's a lifelong challenge. I make my living performing and I still have to force myself to practice Every Single Day. Once I sit down and get warmed up I enjoy playing, but it eternally seems like a drag when I contemplate it. And yet, I love to play hard things and I know I can't do that without discipline. Good luck - make a schedule and go do it!!

I admit that I don't always remember to ask my own students to do this, but every time I do I realize they need to practice counting. Hope it helps you!

Thank you!!

@@janetholmes688 Counting is such an important skill, but it can be so hard!!

Nothing sucks quite as bad as an endpin that slips.....

that’s what i’m saying

I hope you watched all 3 parts of the Cello Bow description! I find I return to these ideas constantly in my teaching. Glad you like them!

Whatever it is you play, it's always worth it to practice.

You're welcome!

Thank you for telling me where you are from! I should do some more of these Bach videos, I think.

@CelloRefinery I am a 70 yrs old adult cello learner.5 yrs and 2 mnts have passed.I devoted 2-3hours a day for cello practice. Once a week, lesson from teacher. It is very fun, but I feel a lack of music talents. Cello is one of 2 wish list. One is to walk on Jacob's pilgrimage way. Today evening I fly to Portugal to start march to Santiago Compostela. Thanks again.

@@dubai-xs9nn Good luck with your march!

Cool, glad you watched this. I just had a big discussion today with a student about how to play this universal arpeggio fingering in tune.

Oh, I miss Marc so much! Truly one of a kind.

Thank you, and please let me know if you have questions or requests.

You are so welcome!

I play a little example of the 2nd movement of Sonata #5 in E minor by Vivaldi.

I know, I realized that I needed to tell my own students this. So many tricks that we have!

Thanks - I watch so many of my students at all levels struggle with this. It's hard!!

@@CelloRefinery yes im one of them that struggle with it thank you so much

@@flamesna4938 Good luck!

Hi Dot, so glad to see you here! Let me know if you have any requests.

I'm guessing you mean the 3rd movement Slip Jig. Everyone seems to have really liked that one! It's a finger-tangler for sure!

I'm so glad! You'll discover that when you play things like scales you need to hold down the strings with your left hand as you do the smooth string change with the bow. Practice holding a note on one string and going back and forth to an open string and you'll see what I mean. Good luck!

That's a very interesting question, and although I can't answer it, there are some who can. If you are on facebook, I recommend going to the International Cello Society and posting this question. You will get a lot of advice, pros and cons, from others who have tried it. A very long time ago I tried one that a friend had just for fun but I'm not tall enough to need it and it seemed not very stable to me.

I just noticed that Amit Peled, at 6’5” is using one! I think we’re onto something!😁🎶🎻

@@lakeninevah That's what you need, is actual testimonials!

I’m now in the process of trying to invent/create another option for us “genetically tall folks!”

@@lakeninevah That's so cool - let me know how it goes!

I'm glad it is useful for you!

This is a complicated topic - I feel like when people ask "how do I fix xyz" my answer should sometimes be "keep practing." But this is a stab in the right direction at least....

I think the majority of rough crossings tend to be left hand, not bow! So it's well worth the time to figure this out.

It definitely takes some practice to do this swap! Use it every day while you are tuning - that's the same shape when you reach down to the tuner. I'm sorry you have sustained an injury, but hope you are able to find work-arounds for that.

4th position is more tricky than it seems, I think! I'm glad this was useful.

Yes, I've heard the different shifts called French or German and it's hard even for me to remember which is which, so I go with "popped"! Overhand also works great. I love this shift; can't use it too much, but it's fantastic in the correct setting.

@@CelloRefinery I also find when practicing a shift that's far away, I use that shift to play where my 1st finger SHOULD be even though the note to be 'played' would be with a different finger...if ones 1st finger is in the wrong place the PLAYED finger won't be in tune, if you get my meaning....

@@stevenj9970 Yes, and for this kind of shift I teach it with landing your first finger on a note that is about a minor third away. I think that my longer video about this goes through it that way. In reality, though, that's not what my hand really does, because I keep my fingers bunched in a more relaxed shape and I don't want to stretch to the landing note. But it's a good way to learn how to find where you need to land.

Thanks for that input! In different videos I discuss which parts of the arm do what. This is addressed in the 3-video set called Improve Your Bow Technique, starting here: ua-cam.com/video/vPL56CzR5Zg/v-deo.htmlsi=MvMw5S7UM8GOz6jg. Then there is also a set called Bow Series that demonstrates several different kinds of bow strokes, and for each I talk about what your arms/hands do. I'm not sure that will 100% answer all your questions, but go check those out and if there are still things that you think I didn't get to, I would definitely like that feedback. Thanks!

@@CelloRefinery I saw all 3 video bow series, and all of my questions, have been clarified!! Thanks!

@@jimtheoguitarist Wow, I'm so glad I explained things well!

@@CelloRefinery I have followed your instructions for the 3 steps of bowing, and i found that to the second (middle part of bow) i have some bouncing to the bow. On frog and at tip is stable, but the problem exist to the transition middle part..... Any suggestion-correction will be appreciated! Regards Dimitris

@@jimtheoguitarist I think that topic probably deserves a video - you are not the only student that has had this problem. It's usually either tension or literally just not enough control, but I'll do a video soon that goes through some solutions.

I use the index finger because it's the thing that actually has to pivot on the bow. You put weight on it all the time, whatever the shape of the hand. Whereas the 2nd finger (for my playing at least) is largely just loose and not "driving" the bow. You can try these things using middle finger instead of first, but when I do I have zero control of the bow. But of course when you are holding the bow, your thumb isn't lined up with your 1st finger, it's lined up with 2nd - maybe that's why some teachers focus it that way?

I think my dad's cousin gave that to me a million years ago!

Ay, there's the rub! It takes a huge amount of attention to this to be able to use it. I'll get to the next video soon (not this week) and give some more concrete ideas of things to practice that can include this.

I'm glad you liked it!

Grazie!

Cool, glad that was useful. I'm planning a series of videos about the more advanced issue of getting finger flexibility on the bow, but haven't quite found the time to make them yet.

Glad you like it!