How not to be boring when playing cello 🎶 | Camden Shaw

As cellists, we need to always remind ourselves to play exactly how we want to, not how our hands want! In this clip, cellist Camden Shaw of the celebrated Dover String Quartet shows us that a variety of sophisticated articulations in the bow are possible only when our brain and hands are fully tuned in with each other. If we do not pay extremely close attention, our articulations will not be as distinct as they can and should be, and will stem more from playing habits than emotional and intellectual decisions.
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[@MichaelBakrnchev1989]

That was a profoundly huge difference and took the music to a higher level, I ‘get it’ now

[@Lane-yl6sk]

🤯🤯🤯ok i get it mentally but how physically. This is legit masterful!!!

[@ericoschmitt]

Speed, contact point, weight

[@user-ip1bw9fd2x]

I’m not a cellist yet I found this so interesting and insightful.

[@nellyd9280]

Sweet attention to detail. Well done

[@shazmah]

This guy is fantastic

[@jenna2431]

I discovered this in the Suite No. 3 Saraband opening measures. Makes a WORLD of difference.

[@idankoos4156]

You can mostly learn from great jazz, Pop, Rock or Jazz singers...with the cello, you can sing like one of these.. playing with your bow is so much fun and can show you Lords of your affects

[@ericoschmitt]

Trying to mimic singers teaches a lot. Grab your favorite pop song and make vowels and consonants different. Gotta be creative.

[@Amanita._.Verosa._.]

It's the cellos' sudden breath yhat takes ours.

[@jrthiker9908]

Thanks for saying this. I'm an opera conductor and you can hear how differently the orchestra plays when they are accompanying a great singer. My grad school piano teacher would make me sing what my right hand was supposed to play...and have me copy and analyze singers' phrasing and do the same at the keyboard. It's all about the breath. Casals talks about this in his great book on interpretation.

[@bbbartolo]

thanks - helps me to listen better!

[@BeatriceBrown-lq4dr]

Nice sounding Cello 👌 👍 🔥 💯 ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@nancylee8061]

Beautifully played and taught! Articulation is even worse with most wind players. It doesn't have to be that way either.

[@Florpurpura-wv3il]

✌ 😊

[@DI4MONDS.]

"Most people play with an outgrowth of the ego more than of the soul"

[@VonAndHisCello]

Thanks! Something to practice and take note of

[@BeatriceBrown-lq4dr]

Very interesting Explanations ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@ChucksExotics]

Amazing how much better your version sounds than the one with identical articulations

[@BatistaInvests]

How ya get that Mr. Clean look bro?

[@jonathcr2]

What is the black object on the G string under the bridge of your Cello while playing in the video? My students will ask me when I show them your video.

[@jamezdelmontes]

Él sonido es la particula más persectible después de la luz

[@zoirosmusic8513]

❤

[@wisdomseeker0142]

Does this apply to all stringed instruments?

[@karlaaguilaralfonso3307]

Hey! Does anyone knows which piece is this?

[@davidfavre8296]

Barry Lyndon

[@jamezdelmontes]

Y es una sola nota que no sé puede persivir si no es con la La luz juntas

[@sarahpreciado2709]

question: what do you mean by density?
i notice that the 3rd C is shorter and lighter. but im not sure if that "light" stroke" is what you mean by density.

[@devonbreton-pakozdi2089]

Further away from the bridge and less pressure agains the string. It gives a breathier sound. He is making the point that there is no “gap” between the 2nd and 3rd C but there is a change of sound “color.”

[@sarahpreciado2709]

@@devonbreton-pakozdi2089 thank you!

[@Ian24s]

Diolch

[@user-ny3vh5cv4t]

😂😂😂

[@bennetttomato]

I always think it’s dope when men try new things like music ❤️

[@Nostalgicavenue2000]

???

[@OiseauTriste]

what is this guy on?

[@linglingisdisappointed]

what? is this a joke or something