Etude Study Suzuki Cello School 2 2nd Position Breakdown Class with Sarnia de la Maré,
all right guys so let's just look at um the uh two the first attude for second position

so we're going to start on a b um and then we're going to uh sort of standard closed position in in first position rather yeah closed hand and we're going to play instead of playing the d with this fourth finger we're going to bring our whole hand down uh or up the register so two high notes to so two two semitones up or two semitones closer to the bridge okay so let's let's try that one three and then we're going to move down and use our second finger on that d tricky not really

and then fourth finger on the e new note e two semitones down normal position your your hands in the correct place exactly spot on back onto the second thumb finger is um the first finger is already on the c sharp you should be sitting on it already

and then that d again it's not as complicated as you think

okay so um practice that so so the hardest bit is this shift fourth finger second finger fourth finger second finger i mean you're not playing it with your fourth but that's in your mind's eye the map the cello map you're learning a bit more of the underground london underground map that's what that's that's how you should think of it

so we've got d that'd be a d sharp but we're not playing it but we're playing the e don't spread it too wide a bit sharp there do you see one three two four three one two so once you've mastered that shift and don't lift your hand up don't be um doing anything dramatic like this and then flying down almost glide it down

okay just glide it down i want you to work on that before we go on to the next one we'll do the next one later or tomorrow or something this is a milestone for you this um is the doorway to a a bigger catalogue a bigger repertoire lots more fun and we're moving into the realms of being able to play jazz and blues in this position um it's really opening the gates of something much more exciting second position offers cellists um big avenues for interesting pieces at last at last you say to yourselves um okay that was good wasn't it i enjoyed that what a day we've had i've uploaded about eight classes today so i think that's i think that's enough i don't want you to go any further so um if i get uh any time i'll pop some more backing tracks up later on this evening um i've got a date with mummy so i'm going off shopping um and certainly tomorrow i'm going to spend the whole weekend i'm going to try to get the whole suzuki book done this weekend if possible um time permitting darling it's always time permitting so um it was absolutely brilliant to have you and don't you feel like we've really we're really getting somewhere so hope you like that and come back for more