Cello Practice E-Book

Philippe Malgrat

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Französisch

Seitenzahl: 60

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

This guide is intented for adult music loverswho want to learn to play an instrument avoiding as much as possible theoretical academic lessons. It is mostly a collection of useful information, adapted to the present time, to learn cello playing by your own after a few preliminary lessons. Then, after one or two years of practice, you will reach a sufficient level to approach the baroque German, French and Italian repertoire as well as pieces of variety, what I did. You can even play at home with a virtual accompaniment that will adapt to your rhythm, fruit of the latest research of IRCAM (French Research Institute of Music). This guide includes practical considerations, often unknown, such as the transport of your instrument by plane, the free and legal downloading of scores, the sites where to find a teacher who will come to your home. For a total monthly budget of less than $ 100 for the first three months, including the first lessons, all this is accessible to you !

Leseprobe

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Academism or not?

The advantages of the cello compared to other stringed instruments

Recommendations and prerequisites

Who is this guide for?

The choice of the instrument

The instrument maker - his role

The budget

Time available - when to play?

The room where to play music. How should it be?

The basics of your learning

A bit of music theory - choice of scales to start

A bit of music theory - the left hand and the finger position

A bit of music theory - the movement of the bow and the rhythm.

To define the content of the lessons when starting

The practice

The position

To know how to install the strings and how to tune the cello

Downloadable scores and accompanying music

How to Carry your instrument -transport in a plane

How to organize your musical session

How to decrypt a new score - improvement of your practice

Playing with other musicians in a group

Technological means available in website for practice improvement

Fingering of other scales suggested

Anatomy of the instrument

Proposals of music scores and methods

Scores that can be downloaded

Scores dedicated for beginners

1 Academism or not?

You decided to play the cello because you were seduced last summer by a string quartet concert, which you attended in an enchanting setting. Or you inherited a string instrument which was forgotten in an attic for fifty years. You are retired and you want to start learning a music instrument ... but so far you have never dared to do it

Academism or not? For an adult, the question really arises and the music academic school or the music conservatory is far from the only solution for learning and maintaining the pleasure of playing. Ask the question in your surroundings. Who attended the music conservatory and who still regularly practices the instrument? You will find that the vast majority gave up on the pretext of lack of time. But in reality, it is probably the lack of enthusiasm due to this academic learning or simply the logic of selection of the best musicians who is the cause. Could not the conservatory’s motto be summed up as "excellence or nothing"?

But except for registration in a city public music conservatory or a private conservatory, you do not see how to concretely proceed. Very quickly, you were asked about your knowledge of music theory and you feel that you do not have the required level. Is there available room in adult classes? The schedule and the day of availability of the lessons on Friday from 20:00 to 22:00 do not suit you ... Finally the cost of the instrument and the registration to the course make you think. Can a cello be transported otherwise than in a heavy and voluminous “knight armor”?

All these obstacles naturally stop you to take the plunge.

This approach is there to encourage you to try if you accept to “ignore” the works of the 19th and 20th century in your potential repertoire. I mean the works you would not be able to play because they require a real knowledge of music theory. For the baroque repertoire that is within your school solfege level, it will take a little daring and perseverance. What are the real prerequisites?

* A room where you plan to play regularly. It must be sufficiently insulated phonetically (neighbors) if you live in a condo, and big enough to get the fullness of sound. Mute abstain! It inhibits the musician and also the instrument,

* An instrument maker whom you have already pushed the door and whom you trust. A good instrument maker is almost more useful than a good teacher because teachers, you will change. The instrument maker knows your instrument and will know how to compensate for any sound defects.

* A basic level of music theory. The level acquired at the college is enough to play composed pieces until the end of the eighteenth century or current variety themes.

* A three-month availability of time to start and take your first lessons. This is necessary to acquire with your teacher, but mostly by yourself, a minimum of accuracy and fingering of the 3 most common scales. 5 to 10 lessons might be sufficient for starting your self-learning…but with assistance anyway.

* A music instrument. This one can be rented if you are not sure of your future involvement any longer in cello practice. If you decide to buy, start with a “study” cello.

After that, you can go to the Kerguelen Islands or Patagonia and do your practice by yourself ...

Later, you will challenge yourself because you will really be bitten. It is the desire to play more difficult but beautiful works that will make you take other lessons to progress.

The advantages of the cello compared to other stringed instruments

Two factors contribute to the choice of the cello:

The tone of the instrument: An instrument for treble sound (the violin is dedicated to the SOL clef) is not very acceptable for listening in case of a mistake of accuracy. If you do not perform the finger position of the left hand properly, it will result in an unpleasant sound, which besides your neighbors will tire you. The practice of the violin may discourage you even before you have acquired the correctness of performance. To be convinced of this, it is enough to observe the number of old violins to sell in the markets or antique shops . The cello of medium tone (it is centered on the clef of FA) is more rewarding and encouraging to the game. It will tolerate more easily an approximate fingering, except in high pitched sounds obviously. However, you will find it harder to find a cello teacher than a violin teacher.

The ergonomic related to the holding of the instrument: The way to hold the instrument is not immutable and has evolved over the centuries. The cello was held vertically and resting on a cushion in Lully's time. Subsequently, his outfit was closer to that of the “viola da gamba”, so between the legs. An endpin was added so that it could be held at the desired height and inclination.

The violin stands today in two different ways. The European outfit which requires for playing to rotate the wrist. In this position; I invite you to try to handle a violin to realize, it is relatively difficult to press forcefully with the 4th finger and all the more so, if you have to do it on the fourth string. By simulating this position, one easily realizes the ergonomic difficulty that it presents. Do not we often hear novice violinists say that they have to work the dexterity of the 4th finger?