Cello Power Book 2

Description

Cello — Cello Power is a series of five books designed to be used to expandthe cello student’s facility and knowledge of the instrument. Thebooks are structured to focus on the advanced materials thatappear in our cello literature. Most important are the exercisesand my further recommendations on how to work on them. Theprocess is first to digest the fundamental of each, and therebyto enable one to build a solid technique in preparation for thedifficult passagework ahead. An example are the double-stopexcerpts, which are broken down into two-string bow patterns toaid in intonation and to clarify the spacing for the left hand.Books 1 and 2 are planned to fill the gap left vacant by lack ofmaterials covering, in a progressive order, the transition from theintroduction of the thumb position into a student’s studies and thework on the much more difficult application of this informationinto studies by Popper, Grützmacher and Piatti. Of course, thenthere are the ensuing repertoire demands of concerti by Dvořák,Saint-Saëns and such like.Book 3 is aimed at developing a sure and secure technique andfacility in the neck area of the cello. This includes materials to helpmake the fifth, sixth and seventh position less awkward for thestudent. The goal is to aid in the ability of the student to becomemore able to apply this technical comfort to the attainment of amore nuanced and emotionally fulfilling musical performance onthe cello. Cello Power is a series of technique books by Marion Feldman designed to be used to expand the student’s facility and knowledge of the instrument. Cello Power Book 2: Cello Warm-ups in Thumb Position includes exercise warm-ups by Libby Freidman and related repertoire materials by Breval, Locatelli, Goltermann, and etude excerpts by Popper, Grutzmacher, and Piatti. Exercises in this book include thumb position scales, thumb position arpeggios, long shifts in thirds, octaves, and sixths, & diminished chord patterns.