The Art of Playing the Violoncello

Contents

• I. Glissando with the Same Finger on One String
• 1. Audible Glissando
• a) with one bow-stroke
• b) Simultaneous Action (Glissando and bowstroke)
• 2. Inaudible Glissando
• II. Glissando with Different Fingers on One String
• A) Upward Movement (from lower to higher notes)
• 1. When the Starting Finger is Lower than the Objective Finger
• 2. When the Starting Finger is Higher than the Objective Finger
• B) Downwards Glissando (from higher to lower notes)
• 1. When the Starting Finger is Lower than the Objective Finger
• 2. When the Starting Finger is Higher than the Objective Finger
• C) Glissando in Combination with an Open String
• 1. Upward Glissando
• 2. Downward Glissando
• III. Glissando with the Same Finger on Two Strings
• A) Upward Glissando
• 1. From a Lower to a Higher string
• 2. From a Higher to a Lower note
• B) Downward Glissando
• 1. From a Higher to a Lower String
• 2. From a Lower to a Higher String
• IV. Glissando with Different Fingers on Two Strings
• Position Changing in Combination with an Open String
• Mixed Exercises
• Positions
• Harmonics
• Fermata
• Different Fingers for One Note
• Rhythmical Combinations
• Substitution or Exchange of finger
• Changing Fingers on Two Strings
• Changing Fingers on Three Strings
• Exercises to Increase Surety
• Exercises for Stretching the Fingers
• Positions
• Irregular Time-signatures 5/4 and 5/8 time
• 7/4 and 7/8 time
• Exercises to Increase Surety
• Pizzicato
• Playing of Scales
• Preparatory Exercises for Scales in the Lower Half of the Fingerboard
• Different Kinds of Bowing for Scales
• Preparatory Exercises for Thirds
• Different Kinds of Bowing for Thirds
• Broken Triads
• Broken Triads in Double Stops
• Broken Chords (four notes)
• Fundamental Position
• First Inversion
• Second Inversion
• Third Inversion
• Chord of the Diminished Seventh
• A Guide for Study