Suzuki Bk 2 Cello Free School Prep Study for Minuet 1 Bach with Sarnia 2nd Position Mapping.
hi guys i'm going to do the um the shift and suzuki uh book one in preparation for the minuet the first minuet so this is um we're doing lots of um shifting and learning second position exercises you have to get this right before we move on i absolutely insist that you get this really you know ingrained so uh fourth on the g that's the shift so four two one zero rest and as does that open the string

you pass your hand down to get to that sea now people do do it differently however you do it whatever way you do it becomes your way and all that matters is you get there okay it's target practice we're going to do some target practice in a minute as well um so the next section now i'm probably going a bit fast let's sit down shift and the a okay so once you're on the second you can get to that a different bow that's that [ __ ] you need to do it over and over again until you get this really slowly i'm going too fast i'm rushing i shouldn't

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up and there again all you're doing is you're repeating the pattern on a different string it feels different because your cello is at a slight angle if you put it on the same horizontal plane you'll be flat because your cello is not a the the plane is not dead straight okay so if you're going a bit wrong that's what you're doing that's what you need to check for play with the drone always play with the drone c drone on the back i've noticed actually that this um i've started to turn off the violins on this this is the automated um backing that you get with garageband on an ipad and lots of people are using it on tv programs and advertising and it's infuriating it's a very recognizable but boring sound and i can't believe they're you know musicians i don't believe they're real musicians i think they've paid somebody um you know twenty dollars and said could you do um you ban some uh incidental music out and they've literally just gone to garageband and recorded this so i've started turning the violins off because it sounds very the arpeggio what it is about arpeggios and contemporary music i've no idea they're robotic and uninteresting and while i insist that you do your arpeggios i certainly would be disappointed if you're a composer and all you did was um use arpeggios over and over again i nobody could it's not fooling anyone um even the public will get really bored of your music if you do that by the way but i'm coming from a composer's angle there and you're a performer we use um arpeggios sparingly in in interesting music there's really it's dull and if you sit in front of a piano and you just do a string of arpeggios the sweet the arpeggio sweet they call it and that's all you can do you're really not a musician you're a monkey in my opinion um but there we go that doesn't mean to say i don't want you to practice i want you to be really good at them um so uh come back in a minute and i'm going to do in a minute i'm going to look at um a rather fabulous book by um i've forgotten who it's by but i'll tell you in the it's by rick mooney who is the the god of um cello shifts and this book i'll recommend it position pieces for cello um is absolutely the best thing you will ever um come across in terms of perfecting your shifts okay so there we go that's this class done enjoy it over and over again please