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Challenges

Heinrich Heine and Robert Schumann are each like a giant mountain.  To climb either one, to survey and to know the whole output of either man is to stumble up a dream-slope matted with blood and strug… more →

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1. The Basic Down and Up Bow — 2 comments

Deryn Cullen wrote 3 months ago: Once you have learnt how to hold the bow and made your first attempts at getting an even tone on eac … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Adult Learners, amateur musicians, bow technique, Cello, Cello Music, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, Getting Started on the Cello, practising

Bow Technique 101 — 4 comments

Deryn Cullen wrote 3 months ago: Ever since studying Teaching Method in the second and third years of my music degree I have been a h … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Adult Learners, amateur musicians, bow technique, Cello, Cello Music, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, Getting Started on the Cello, practising

2012 in review

Deryn Cullen wrote 4 months ago: A huge thank you to all my readers. Wishing you all an exciting and musical 2013! The WordPress.com … more →

Tags: Cello, Being a Cellist, cello, cello blog, cello lessons, Cello Tips, cello tutor, intermediate cello technique, music education

Pairing Positions: Fourth and Seventh

Deryn Cullen wrote 9 months ago: This blog and its content is copyright of D C Cello Studio © D C Cello Studio 2011 – 2014. All … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Adult Learners, Cello, cello positions, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Intonation, left hand technique, Neck Positions, Position Exercises for Cello

Pairing Positions: Third and Sixth

Deryn Cullen wrote 9 months ago: This blog and its content is copyright of D C Cello Studio © D C Cello Studio 2011 – 2014. All … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Adult Learners, Cello, cello positions, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Intonation, left hand technique, Neck Positions, Position Exercises for Cello

Pairing Positions: Second and Fifth

Deryn Cullen wrote 9 months ago: This blog and its content is copyright of D C Cello Studio © D C Cello Studio 2011 – 2014. All … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Adult Learners, Cello, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Intonation, left hand technique, Neck Positions

Pairing Positions: First and Fourth — 3 comments

Deryn Cullen wrote 9 months ago: This blog and its content is copyright of D C Cello Studio © D C Cello Studio 2011 – 2014. All … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Adult Learners, Cello, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Intonation, left hand technique, Neck Positions

Introduction to Pairing Positions on the Cello

Deryn Cullen wrote 9 months ago: Cello students who have studied the entire range of the cello will almost certainly have discovered … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Adult Learners, Cello, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Intonation, left hand technique, Neck Positions

The Cello Companion Shop

Deryn Cullen wrote 11 months ago: Running a busy cello teaching practice means that I am constantly sourcing instruments, bows, access … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Adult Learners, Advanced Technique, amateur musicians, bow technique, Buying a Cello, Cello, Cello Accessories, Cello Literature

Simple and Effective Warm-up Exercises

Deryn Cullen wrote 11 months ago: My regular readers may recall my previous post on warming up. Whether you’ve read it or not, I … more →

Tags: Cello, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Getting Started on the Cello, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, Teaching the Cello, Adult Beginners, bow technique, left hand technique, practising

So much, so little — 2 comments

Tiffany A. Robbins wrote 1 year ago: I’ve got so much to tell you and I’ve been posting so little. So this may be a little bi … more →

Tags: Lessons, Practice, Practice 2, Questions, first position, second position, third position, fourth position, shift-positions

Detailed Diagrams for Extended Fourth Position

Deryn Cullen wrote 1 year ago: Backward Stretch Forward Stretch Did you find this post useful? Please consider making a donation. © … more →

Tags: Adult Beginners, Cello, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, left hand technique, Neck Positions, stretch position, Tips and Resources for Teaching, beginner cello

Detailed Diagrams for Extended Third Position

Deryn Cullen wrote 1 year ago: Backward Stretch Forward Stretch Did you find this post useful? Please consider making a donation. © … more →

Tags: Cello, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Intonation, left hand technique, Neck Positions, stretch position, Teaching the Cello

Detailed Diagrams for Extended Second Position — 1 comment

Deryn Cullen wrote 1 year ago: Backward Stretch Forward Stretch Did you find this post useful? Please consider making a donation. © … more →

Tags: Cello, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Intonation, left hand technique, Neck Positions, stretch position, Teaching the Cello

Detailed Diagrams for Extended First Position — 2 comments

Deryn Cullen wrote 1 year ago: Backward Stretch Forward Stretch Did you find this post useful? Please consider making a donation. © … more →

Tags: Cello, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, Intonation, left hand technique, Neck Positions, stretch position, Teaching the Cello

Stretch Position on the Cello

Deryn Cullen wrote 1 year ago: The technique of stretching is one of the great challenges faced by progressing beginner cellists, a … more →

Tags: Cello, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, Teaching the Cello, left hand technique, Intonation, stretch position, Tips and Resources for Teaching

What's Stopping Me from Practising? — 1 comment

Deryn Cullen wrote 2 years ago: We all have different levels of motivation, and these can vary a great deal according to circumstanc … more →

Tags: Cello, practising, cello, Cello Tips, cello method, Playing Music, Being a Cellist, cello practise, practising

Some Thoughts on Intonation — 4 comments

Deryn Cullen wrote 2 years ago: “Intonation is a question of conscience.” – Pablo Casals So true on so many levels … more →

Tags: Cello, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUE, cello positions, ELEMENTARY TECHNIQUE, Adult Beginners, left hand technique, Intonation, cello, Strings

The Race to Grade 8: a Cautionary Tale for Teachers and Students — 8 comments

Deryn Cullen wrote 2 years ago: I was browsing a forum for classical music students the other day. My eye was caught by a thread ent … more →

Tags: Cello, Advanced Technique, Getting Started on the Cello, Teaching the Cello, Adult Beginners, Cello Literature, practising, Tips and Resources for Teaching, cello


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