Carolyn, this was helpful to me. Being a 63 year old beginner taking private lessons, I have adopted this warmup routine minus the vibrato part, still working on shifting as part of my daily after I tune each string first. Thanks for the advice. Cheers!
Tip for warming fingers: keep some rubber gloves by the nearest sink. Put them on before running hands under the warm water. This will keep your hands dry and keep them from cooling off from moisture evaporating (which happens without rubber gloves, even when thoroughly drying with a towel.) Also, use loose fitting arm warmers...keeping the arms warm helps to keep the hands warm (a tip from cycling in the winter.) Cheers
Hi - So, unlike violinists, we have one option when it comes to wrist vs. arm vibrato. We always use arm vibrato. However, there is some variety when it comes to the gliding motion vs. the rotation. A good vibrato will have a combination of both.
Carolyn, this was helpful to me. Being a 63 year old beginner taking private lessons, I have adopted this warmup routine minus the vibrato part, still working on shifting as part of my daily after I tune each string first. Thanks for the advice. Cheers!
Thx for sharing your knowledge… I’m a beginner at 59 … every bit helps. Have an awesome day. From Nashville
Thank you, Danny! We've got LOTS more material on Cello Discovery if you want to check it out!
Tip for warming fingers: keep some rubber gloves by the nearest sink. Put them on before running hands under the warm water. This will keep your hands dry and keep them from cooling off from moisture evaporating (which happens without rubber gloves, even when thoroughly drying with a towel.) Also, use loose fitting arm warmers...keeping the arms warm helps to keep the hands warm (a tip from cycling in the winter.) Cheers
Hi Ed! Great idea. Thanks for sharing this!
Very good ❤
This was VERY helpful for me, thank you.
Thank you! Glad it was helpful. :)
Thank you! 😊
Very helpful!
Do you recommend wrist vibrato or arm vibrato for a beginner?
Hi - So, unlike violinists, we have one option when it comes to wrist vs. arm vibrato. We always use arm vibrato. However, there is some variety when it comes to the gliding motion vs. the rotation. A good vibrato will have a combination of both.