My CELLO METHOD - VOLUME 2
COMPARISON of 1st Position and its Extensions
51 - 55 THE EXTENDED FIRST POSITION (BACK / b )
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No 51a - Exercise for .the Extended Position back (b)
- Starting extensions with the extension back brings the hand naturally in the correct position for all extensions.
No 51 - Dona, Dona [Traditional Yiddish] with 2nd cello for students
No 52 - Choral: Christus der uns selig macht [Bach] with 2nd cello for the teacher
- This Choral is not only very beautiful, it also exercises extending from1 to 2 upwards in slow motion.
No 53 - Spagnoletto [Cesare Negri] with 2nd cello for students
- Bouncy Renaissance dance with fast extension play.
No 54 - Passamezzo [Phalese] with 2nd cello for students
- Ancient dance (1560) with an interesting striking harmony: G minor alternating with F major (Aeolian).
No 55 - Chorea. beautiful Renaissance Dance - with 2nd cello for students
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56 - 59 THE EXTENDED FIRST POSITION (UP /#)
No 59 - Minuet in C [Petzold / Bach]
(2nd cello for students see No 68
60 - 63 FIRST POSITION WITH BOTH EXTENSIONS
No 60 - Scale in D melodic minor
(for corresponding video lesson including a chapter on the structure and history of this scale)
No 61 - Gilderoy [Traditional Irish] with 2nd cello for students
a beautiful melodic tune in D minor.
No 62 - Danza [Chilesotti] with 2nd cello for students
- A very rhythmical, syncopated dance demonstrating the joyful rhythm of the Rennaissance
No 63 - Greensleeves [after Francis Cutting 1560] with 2nd cello for students.
- The original Greensleeves is written in the form of an Sicilienne, by contemporaries called: "An Italian Ground"