CELLO LESSONS
Cello suits adult beginners better than most people expect. It sits against you rather than being held up, the notes are where you'd expect them to be, and it sounds good early, which matters a lot when you're the one doing the practising.
You can learn classical, popular song arrangements, film music, or whatever you turn up wanting to play. Popular covers on cello are one of my favourite things to teach. I use Vamoosh and Suzuki material among others and adapt it to you.
We work on:
- setting up: chair height, endpin length, how the cello sits against you
- bow hold, and bow control across all four strings
- tuning, and learning to hear when a string has drifted
- intonation, and what to listen for
- reading bass clef
- left hand position and shifting
- vibrato once the left hand is settled
- playing along with accompaniments, and with other musicians
If you're renting an instrument, check the size and the setup with me first. A cello that's the wrong size or badly set up will fight you the whole way.