D major
- Think of closing the hand more when you aren’t extending
- check 4th finger in 1st position
D major arpeggio
- no bending in the wrist
- straighten out 1st finger as much as possible. no space between 3-4
- push the other fingers away with the first finger
G major
- start shift sooner
- arrive on tall round planted fingers
- smaller hand position in 4th position
- add a drone
- shifting motion is over adn forward, not just forward
Buggle call
- start closer to the frog
- use a slower bow speed with a more focused sound
- practice without the notes
Sitting in the Shade
- Pluck first when practicing
- C sharp closer to D and Fsharp closer to G
- dynamics
- practice plucking adn letting the cello ring for intonation. Does it keep ringing or does the sound stop?
Vibrato
- Tennis ball.
- big motion all the way down the cello and back. make the motion faster and smaller gradually. make your way to A on the D string. Keep rotating the arm from the albow, as well as keeping the throwing/shifting/sliding motion
- watch yourself in the mirror to make sure it isn’t just your wrist moving