Take a break from the left hand for a moment and just bow the four open strings. It might seem silly, particularly if you’re anxious to start playing music, but this step takes one challenge out of the equation. Since…
Observe the bow from the top when it is moving across an open string. The goal is for the bow to stay in roughly the same place between the bridge and the fingerboard rather than moving towards one and then…
It’s tempting to squeeze the bow and press into the string when you hear a scratchy sound on the cello. However, that often results in increased tension in your bow hand when it needs to stay flexible. Volume doesn’t come…
Even before you bring the bow to a string, how the cello is resting against your body influences almost everything that happens afterward. If your chair is too tall, your endpin is too short, or your cello is angled incorrectly,…