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Cello Method – Volume 2

My CELLO METHOD - VOLUME 2

- The Extensions

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COMPARISON of 1st Position and its Extensions



51 - 55 THE EXTENDED FIRST POSITION (BACK / b )

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Cello Duos to My CELLO METHOD - lower part of tracks

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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

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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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Cello Duos to My CELLO METHOD (lower part of tracks)

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56 - 59 THE EXTENDED FIRST POSITION (UP /#)


No 56 - Exercises for the Extended Position up (#), moving thumb and fingers together

No 57 - Scale in D major
- 2 octave D major scale is the essential extension scale.
- Options of bowings
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No 58 - The Pachelbel Canon - ground bass and main melody for 2 cellos

No 59 - Minuet in C [Petzold / Bach]
(2nd cello for students see No 68

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60 - 63 FIRST POSITION WITH BOTH EXTENSIONS


No 60 - Scale in D melodic minor

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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"

My CELLO METHOD - VOLUME 2

- The Extensions

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