Cello Secrets: Over 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Cellist

Contents

• 1. Intonation
• Introduction Secret 1: How to Play in Tune Secret 2: Finger Patterns Secret 3: Fingerboard Mapping Secret 4: No Fixing Secret 5: Sevcik's Paradox Secret 6: Which Intonation? Secret 7: Using Overtones Secret 8: Using a Tuner Secret 9: Tuning Fifths Secret
• 2. The Left Hand
• Introduction Secret 11: Don't Slap the Puppy Secret 12: Maximum Velocity 1 (Take it easy) Secret 13: Maximum Velocity 2 (Bursts) Secret 14: The Right Fingerings by Pattern Secret 15: The Right Fingerings by Color Secret 16: Clear False Harmonics Secret 17
• 3. Shifting and Playing High
• Introduction Secret 23: Zen and the Art of Shifting Secret 24: The Right Shift Secret 25: Shifting to High Positions Secret 26: Using the Bow to Help Shifting Secret 27: The Best Shift May Be No Shift
• 4. Vibrato
• Introduction Secret 28: Know Your Vibrato Secret 29: Get Control of Your Vibrato Secret 30: Achieving Continuous Vibrato Secret 31: Vibrato Tricks for the Fourth Finger Secret 32: Electroshock Vibrato Secret 33: Shimmer Vibrato Secret 34: Vibrato Sculptur
• 5. Tone and the Bow
• Introduction Secret 35: Know Your Bow Hold Secret 36: The Bow as a Lever Secret 37: Default Setting Secret 38: Gravity is Your Friend Secret 39: The Culprits Secret 40: The Formula for Your Optimum Sound Secret 41: Playing into the Curve Secret 42: How to
• 6. Practice Strategies
• Introduction Secret 52: Now Practice Secret 53: Practice Concentrate Secret 54: Never Pay Rent Again Secret 55: Divide and Conquer Secret 56: Skeletons Secret 57: When Slow Practice Isn't Enough
• Part 1 . AddaNote Secret 58: When Slow Practice Isn't Enough
• Part 2 . Looping Secret 59: When Slow Practice Isn't Enough
• Part 3 . Burst Practice Secret 60: When Slow Practice Isn't Enough
• Part 4 . Rhythms Secret 61: When Slow Practice Isn't Enough
• Part 5 . Notching Secret 62: Improving Your Technique in Just 15 Minutes a Day Secret 63: Using Etudes to Prepare Repertoire Secret 64: Journaling Secret 65: Building Your Practice Haven Secret 66: Team Practice Secret 67: Your Best Friend, the Metronome
• 7. Artistry Strategies
• Introduction Secret 68: Start from the Music Secret 69: Learning Polyphonic Bach Secret 70: It's All Opera Secret 71: Playing Powerful Chords Secret 72: Masterful Passagework through Lyrical Preparation Secret 73: Shaping the Phrase in Fast Detache Secret
• 8. Performance Strategies
• Introduction Secret 77: Stage Makeup Secret 78: Practice Performing Secret 79: Firewalls Secret 80: Overcoming Stage Fright Secret 81: Connecting with the Audience
• 9. Chamber Music Strategies
• Introduction Secret 82: Groups Who Play Together Stay Together Secret 83: Successful Rehearsals When No One is in Charge Secret 84: Playing Blind Secret 85: Keeping the Score Secret 86: No Barriers
• 10. Orchestra Strategies
• Introduction Secret 87: Sharing a part Secret 88: Being a Team Player Secret 89: Sitting Principal Secret 90: Preparing Orchestra Music Secret 91: Faking Secret 92: Building Your Orchestral Library Secret 93: Mastering Audition Excerpts Secret 94: Playin