Is It Difficult to Play Cello? First Cello Lesson for Adult Beginners
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- How hard is it to learn how to play the cello for kids or adults? Is it hard to hold a bow? What is the most difficult cello technique to learn? How to learn to play cello fast? Why I can't play cello well? Can I learn to play cello after my first cello lesson or in an hour? Is it hard to play legato, staccato or pizzicato? What is a secret to play cello well?
This episode of Cello Stories is my answer to these and other questions you asked me in the past. I believe that there is no perfect way to answer these questions. We are have different paths, resources , abilities and environments to accomplish an immensely difficult task of mastering cello performance. I hope that my simplified way to talk about how to play the cello basics will be helpful for cello students to understand what to expect, encourage to take cello lessons with a good cello teacher, and help to boost confidence in yourself.
0:00 Is it difficult to play cello?
0:17 Is it hard to have a good posture?
0:34 Is it hard to play pizzicato?
0:57 How hard is to hold a cello bow?
1:15 How to make a sound with a bow?
1:41 Is it hard to play cello without tapes?
2:48 What is legato?
3:45 How difficult is to play spiccato on cello?
4:20 The hardest thing to master
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Patience is the hardest part. Especially when I feel I am backtracking. And when I graduate from a piece without playing it perfectly I feel like I have missed something.
Tomorrow's victory is today's practice. Casals found the Suites from Bach when he was 9 years old. He was young but once he set his eyes on it he understood the value of them. He took it home and studied them for 10 years! Only after 10 years he presented them to the public for the first time! The critics, the audience and the artistic world couldn't understand why to give a concert for "Bach's Etudes"....but once he started playing, people had no doubt: that "Etudes" book was a gem and another work of a genius and Casals had "ressurrected" them. They fell in love with his interpretation. His life was changed completely.
He found the booklet in an old store when he was passing by. It was covered in dust and completely forgotten in the vitrine. He asked himself: "what's that???"...that's how his story with the Suites started.
Motivation. Dedication. Passion. Love. These 4 stones built a talent and Casals' concert changed the world of cello playing.
You need to find the cornerstone in you. It is maybe hidden somewhere or you haven't found it yet. Or you have found it and you don't know it.
Don't give up. Don't think you can't or "don't have the talent". Don't be sad when a day's practice goes bad.
Not all cellists were "perfect". In fact, from all those famous cellists, I know three who for sure started playing cellos inside their mother's womb! 😁
Majority of the big and famous names you hear today worked hard and had that endless passion.
Be bold and be brave! 💗🎻💞💞💞💞
Thank you. What you said is probably the most obvious, but humans usually forget the obvious, and then sage humans are there to remind us.
You are so humble and positive. Perfect attitude for people that never touched a cello. Thank you
I’m a year late to this video but it wouldn’t make sense to me then - I had just started learning then and wouldn’t appreciate the part about patience and expectation. This is great advice and exactly what I needed to hear right now. Thank you!
So happy to hear it! This is an advice I have to give to myself too, even (or especially) after 40+ years with cello…
That thumbnail pic is priceless!
Thank you! This is a true picture how I look playing cello first few minutes in the morning😂😂😂
Purely beautiful advice. Thank you!
I needed to hear this! Thank you!
You are so welcome! This is what I tell myself every morning :)
You are completely right. Give yourself time. Some will master it. Many, certainly will not. It is not a competition. What will be a common ground for everybody is the fun of playing such a beautiful instrument. I am 62. I have been studying for a 1-1/2 years. I am studying everyday and I know I am much, much better today than I was when I held my cello for the first time.
Wonderful words! My utmost respect to you and all adults who challenge themselves with getting yet another skill in life. You are an inspiration to me!
Thank you Maxim, completely true!! I should have it in mid more often that we need time, time, time to master technique.....Thanks for all your help with our practice and for making this kind of videos, your advice is always very useful.
The cello is my dream instrument! I have the opportunity to purchase one with my inheritance, I am hiring before I find my perfect one…it arrives in 2 weeks, CANT WAIT to start learning!
Thank you for sharing! I am very excited to hear it. I hope Cellopedia will be helpful in your cello journey!
Your videos are so helpful, thank you so much.
All the best flor you to! Thank you so much for the subtitules in esp. 👍🏻
Thank you! I am so happy that there is a way to translate to my friends all over the world!
Today I felt exauted when I did practice Bach, but after watching this video feel cheering up. Thank you Maxim ! And I love thumb nail picture! 😄
So happy to hear it! The picture is a true representation how I often feel working on a new piece :))))
Nice motivational speech at the end, thank you!!!
Very nicely structured and presented video! I am learning violin as an adult beginner but can find many of these points transferable. Your final words are very encouraging and remind me I should master scales and not be too keen to learn new pieces too quickly!
Thank you! I am so happy that these simple ideas could be applicable to other instruments. All the best!
Muy buenos todos tus videos!!! Gracias por compartirlos!!! Saludos desde Argentina
Boa noite koslov obrigado pela aula de muita técnica e ensinamentos a nós violoncelista estudandes.
I had a dream to start to play cello for many years, finally i have come across with this video and bought your course! This week i will visit music stores and get my cello! and thank you for encouraging me to decide to start!
How exciting! I'm so glad that you've decided to join us in the Cellopedia community and that our content helped you take this significant step. When you get your cello, it won't just be an instrument, it'll be an extension of your passion for music. Best of luck on your new musical adventure! 🎻🎼
Yes Maxim, Bravo! Very nice video. Certo! abbiamo bisogno del Maestro accanto a noi per correggere la tecnica, ma tu ci aiuti moltissimo a studiare, e in più ci aiuti a trovare la motivazione per non smettere! Sarebbe bello poter contribuire di più al tuo Patreon ma purtroppo, senza lavoro per le misure in atto in Italia (io sono una coreografa quindi niente lavoro) è difficile. Grazie per il tuo lavoro e la tua empatia.
Cara Perla, Il piacere è tutto mio! Sono molto grato per il tuo sostegno, specialmente in questi tempi difficili. PER FAVORE, non pensare di doverti complimentare - sono felice di condividere questi video con te. Spero sinceramente che le cose tornino presto alla normalità in Italia, uno dei migliori paesi del mondo!
와우! 한글번역이 뜨네요. 구글번역 수준이 훌륭합니다. 스즈키 배울 때부터 채널을 보고 도움이 많이 되었습니다. 요즘 보케리니 협주곡 하는 중인데, 슬로우버젼이 있어 반갑네요. 좋은 영상 많이 올려주세요. 감사합니다.^^
Obrigada.
Thanks, thanks a lot for your content!
Vielen Dank, lieber Maxim! Deine Videos sind sehr gut.🎻🌎
Vielen Dank, Mihaela!
한글로 떠서 깜짝 놀랐어요.감사합니다.열심히 듣겠습니다^^
나는 한국 학생들과 함께 일하는 것을 즐깁니다. 솔직히 말씀 드리면 Google 번역을 사용했습니다. 최선을 다해!
Bem legal seus vídeos!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you for all your support and encouragement 🙏
Perhaps for someone whohas NEVER picked up an instrument and learn the basics. I learned the violin when i was a kid and in my 40’s i picked up the cello. Been playing ever since.
Wonderful. Thank you for sharing!
Your lessons are also very good English lessons...
I love your lessons Maxim. I’ve stopped for 22 years and picking up cello again now it’s so hard. My body doesn’t recover as fast and everything hurts 😂but I will try. I’m following your dotzauer videos now. One etude at a time. Hello from Singapore.
I am so happy to be of help! I love Singapore. Best of luck to you!
this guy is really genius! great teaching way👍
My students trained me all right :)
Thanks. Was quite useful. :)
Happy to hear it!
Position shifts, I would say it is 5/10 in difficulty (it is not trivial to land in tune, it requires practice to become more and more consistent). Position shifts are apparently simple, but shifts especially in between the neck and the body of the fingerboard (for example, shifting from 1st position to 7th position, and going back to 1st position again), can be challenging, considering that cello does not have frets. Also, changing the hand shape (from playing with 4 fingers on the neck positions to a thumb position on the body of the cello), takes a lot of anticipation and muscle memory; not too hard but I would say 6/10 for this one. 👍
Very good point! Of course, my difficulty grading system was overly simplified. Every part of technique depends on the context. Thank you for watching and for your support to Cellopedia!
O kadar videonu izledim. İlk defa sesini duyuyorum. Teşekkürler her ders videosu için. 🤗
Çok teşekkür ederim! Senin için her şeyin en iyisini dilerim!
@@Cellopedia Çok mutlu oldum. Teşekkür ederim 😊
정말 유익한 채널입니다. 감사합니다.
그것을 듣고 기뻐. 최선을 다해!
ありがとうございます
私はあなたがそれを好きだってとても幸せです
Mestre muito boas suas aulas,faz mais aulas ensinando o spicato passo a passo,obrigado
Obrigado. Vou continuar fazendo mais vídeos de como tocar violoncelo. Tudo de bom para você!
Buen video🥳😁
Gracias. Fue divertido grabarlo.😂
Great video! Thx. I’d like to get better tone, but all theories on the web about bowing, how to hold the bow an so mostly make mismatch in my head
Yes, sometimes it gets complicated... I usually tell my students to imagine they are in a sound laboratory and have to mix different ingredients: bow speed, pressure, distance from the bridge etc... Keep mixing these ingredients. When you hear good sound, just save a recipe :) Best of luck and thank you for your CZcams fan club support!
Thanks for lifting! I will fallowing your vedios
Happy to do it. Thank you!
The thumb position is the most hard technique to me
It is hard for me too!
When I was a teenager I wished I could be Jacqueline de Pres but I didn't even try to learn cello because I don't have a good ear. Now as an adult I'm teaching myself viola -- which is even lovelier than cello -- and it's going okay because I use a microtuner clipped onto the upper bout. I play slowly and monitor the pitch of every note and my ear is getting the hang of it. Can you do that with cello?
самое сложное это в ноты попадать, на чело это ещё сложнее чем на скрипке из-за расстояний. Многие из тех кто игррает профессионально иногда не попадают и это слышно скрипачам)))
When you become a teacher, everything is easy
Very good point. Is it nice to know that with time and practice we all can get enough knowledge and experience to share with others? Also, the higher our level is, the higher our aspirations take us. This sometimes makes us, teachers quite unhappy about how we play :(.
This was surprisingly super well put together, thanku :>
Holding the bow for beginners: 14/10
Absolutely, it is actually 10 to the 100th Power/10 :)))
As for the technique in general I must say it's giving me some problems couse of thumbs ' pain
Yes, thumb position is hard to master
it is actually extremely hard for me to hold the cello, I always need a carpet floor or a rockstop. Without these, my endpin will always slide and the cello slips, which is really annoying.
You need an endpin holder. There are several types but I found a good way to use too.
I put the holder on my yoga mate and then the cello's endpin on the holder, for extra security and I know it will not slip. And if I need to leave the room I put the cello on the yoga mate or in its stander.
Why don't you try a yoga mate? Or you can cut a piece of one and put it on the floor. Don't you have an endpin holder?
@@marleneorein9484 yes that's what I call a "rockstop". Without the endpin holder it slips all time. Funny thing is that I never see people performing with an endpin stopper so I don't know if there's a stigma against them...
@@54baxers I have seen hundreds of performers using them and even in orchestras. There is no stigma against them either. Casals used them and Piatti. And I know a guy who sells them and he copied the same model of Casals' holder. Diego Carneiro who is a very well and known cellist always used them in his concerts -- we studied together in Brazil in the same conservatory.
If famous cellists use them you also can.
I think some soloist believe that using an endpin will noticeably affect their sound projection. Another reason that pro cellists usually have high quality expensive endpins with very sharp tips, which make it unnecessary to use rockstops. Have you noticed that there is often a special wooden platform for cello soloist? It helps both with sound projection and usually has few holes to secure an endpin.
@@Cellopedia yes, there are such platforms and sometimes in certain theaters the wooden floor has such holes because many cellists have played there before. In our theater we had them on the stage. On the other hand, I have seen many cellists using the holder, and I see no "'stigma" but if somebody is worried about the sound... well...now they created an endpin that projects that sound -- it is new generation of endpin, like a box with the hole for the endpin. A friend uses one and he showed me. Well, I am not that paranoic so I don't use it but if you are home and need to practice, you have to find a solution. I found mine and I am satisfied with that.
My cello has a sharp endpin but my floor is an wooden floor. I really don't want any holes or scratches in it. 😁
I think MONEY would be the hardest thing about cello!
Depends who you ask ;)
Ook! [The last thing is the most difficult for me....]
It is the same for me :)
Hi from Turkey. I am a cello student at college and I love working with your videos. now A. Franchomme Cello etude no. There are 5. I've seen a few of them in your videos. Could you steal 5 for me if I ask? I follow you fondly. thanks in advance.
Dear Damla, I am so happy that you find my videos helpful to you. Unfortunately, I am unable at this point to take any request since I have a very long to do list with my projects and request from Patreon supporters. www.patreon.com/cellopedia
@@Cellopedia Thank you very much.I love this channel. I always want to see you succesful.I'm very excited about your response,and I'm glad.I am consireded to have finished :)I learned a lot from you.You effortbis huge ..
I bet these videos will be getting so many views because of the show Wednesday. Lol.
Yes, it looks like cello is getting a lot of extra interest lately...
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looks alot easier than guitar at least. piano is probably still the easiest.
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