What a cool cello teacher. You are explaining every single things what really worth a lot. I appreciate your open mind. The only question is, where do I find the next episode?
Hi, so total beginner at cello, but very experienced musically... I was wondering if you could do a specific video for how to hold the bow comfortably maybe with a step by step or close up. I'm struggling with holding the bow. Also, no matter how I seem to sit, my legs still get in the way. Thanks so much. You rock!!!
Writing for my son, “I am 6 years old and started playing when I was 5, and I liked this video because you are a great tutorial maker.” Thanks for the lesson!
I feel like you should have at least 20 tutorials on this beautifully complex instrument! I find you most helpful compared to many of the other tutorials offered on youtube! Thank you. - baby cellist :)
Thanks so much, Tina! I have spent countless weeks reviewing beginner cello tutorials on CZcams and you are hands down the best by leaps and bounds. You break things down into useful and manageable steps-which does not overwhelm an absolute beginner like me. Your practical wisdom and tips are invaluable. You also have a very friendly, enthusiastic, and engaging manner. Your pace, tone, and communication style are not only engaging but fun! I am a lifelong educator and I think you are the best cello teacher on CZcams. So lucky to have crossed your path.
Thank you for doing these tutorials. As someone who never had the patience to learn music when I was younger, picking up cello with no music background is challenging. Your videos are a great help.
One of the songs that made me say, "I have guitars and basses and pianos... the cello sounds too good not to try" was your version of "Rains of Castamere". So I bought a cello this morning and I'm glad to see that you have cello videos... I have a few videos to watch.
Glad I found your tutorials. Your teaching style is easy and delightful. You have learned a lot from your dad and I hear his lessons through you but in your own style.
Thank you for the great tutorial! My daughter has learned to play cello for 1 year & your video helps her a lot!. Please make some more tutorial! God bless you...❤
The side view is really helpful for us beginners. I’ve been keeping my cello pretty straight out but now I see how much of an angle you have to facilitate A string bowing
Its probably too late for me to start to learn another instrument (I can play something on guitar) but I love to listen to you. Your voice and accent is like bright bell ;P
Ohinek: It's NEVER TOO LATE! I started learning the Cello at 69 or 70 years old and see no reason you couldn't start at 95 - although if you start that late, you may need to wait until your next lifetime to really appreciate how much you've learned! LOL!
Wow, I am so glad I discovered your tutorials. I've been learning on my own, after my cello instructor became ill after 6 months of lessons, and your videos are extremely helpful. You seem like the perfect teacher!
In my younger years I played cello and LOVED it so much. Now in my semi retirement, I'm wanting to play again. Hopefully as good as I once was. Thank you for your tutorials. I feel there is hope for me. I hope you continue with your tutorials. You are great!!!
Aside from your amazing music videos, these tutorial videos are by far my favorite!!!! LOVE your tutorials, Tina (such great insight). Thank you for these (keep 'em coming if you have the time please).
Loving it so far, don't have a cello (yet) so I'm just taking notes. Had to lower the volume because my headphones vibrate a lot when you play the C and G strings.
I'm restarting playing violin after about 7 years of interruption, and your tutorials are helpful and motivating for me. The things you say about the wrist and calculating the notes to fit in a bow, that also work for us violinists. ^^ Continue your great job, you are a perfect musician !
This is unbelievably helpful!! I’m learning the Saint-Saëns cello concerto right now and the explanation of how the body should move and why is so helpfulll. Thank you!!
Hi Gina, I’m a adult been studying piano for about a year and looking to integrate the Cello to my learning of music, total beginner. Love the teaching looking to work with you. Thank you, Dante.
thank you for this. As a new adult cello learner this was such a helpful lesson. I think practicing with this will help me understand how to play the different type of notes in class and sound good.
Hi Tina, I love your tutorials! Thank you. Just little input, when you show us the different stages of techniques (basic, intermediate, expert, super-expert), could you please also give a rough guidance of how long it takes to get to each stage? Basically to give us some idea whether we are at the right level to start learning the techniques.
Hello Tina. I have been practicing cello for almost two years now, and at 61 years of age I sometimes wonder if I will be able to achieve anything ... to let go of my body ... learning all the techniques, I only practice one to two hours a day, which is my time available ... Thank you for teaching us and showing us the various techniques, among them the Vibratto still costs me a lot, but I know I will achieve it ... it would be wonderful not to stop doing these tutorials that encourages and helps so many passionate about such a beautiful instrument as the cello is. Thanks for your valuable time!
I just borrowed a cello and I'm starting my adventure. My challenge for this year - practising cello minimum 5 days/week. I'm curious if I'll do this, and what I will play at the end of 2019 :) On monday I meet my cello teacher for the first time, so wish me luck! :D
Thank you. And Tina you have me thinking of buying a cello, or at least a violin as you make this look easy. I know it is not easy, from back when I played a trumpet back in band. But you make it look easy, as well as fun. So thank you.
No guarantee you will progress: before quitting cello 30 years ago I was practicing 4-6 hours a day for 8 months, and every lesson my teacher would say, “you haven’t practiced” until one day I just got really angry. It was like a barrier I had made for myself with pressure by my desire to succeed. When I finally gave up the cello it was like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. Now my daughter wants to learn so I’m determined she just enjoys it without any pressure to improve or anything.
I recently started the cello and this is Really helpful. My inspiration came from you and another artist called 2 cellos, thankyou very much Tina. Ps have you considered a duet with 2 cellos.
Hi Tina, I LOVE your tutorials. I'm brand new to the cello and these three tutorials are so helpful and you're a GREAT teacher. I hope you will come back and do more or better yet, offer a full course that we can purchase and take from you online! Anyway, I have a slightly off-topic question about rosin. How often should you rosin your bow? And do you have a favorite or suggested rosin for us to use? Thanks so much!
Thank you for those tutorials, I'm starting cello recently and this is really helpful ! :D And you're so inspiring... I hope I can see you one day playing live (I live in Switzerland...)
Really great, thank you. (In French, I have learn not with "haut" (up) or "bas" (down) but "pousser" (push) and "tirer" (pull). for me Up is push and down is pull ;) )
Thank you for your time and explaining a difficult topic, I'm chewing it over for a bit. In "the last of the Mohican" you show bowing the notes individually and also dividing the bow for the notes, since you compose, can you explain when it's "better" to use which technique? I find my tunes sound like a midi-block Song because of the pauses. (learning the Cello is in itself a different language) 🤔
I'm loving your tutorials and am SO looking forward to more of them! Your extra tips are awesome! All the topics you suggested in Episode 1 sound great--yes, please! :) :) I'm also interested in string height (action) -- what do you like yours to be? Any tips for determining if your cello is set up properly for the string height/action?
This is lovely and super helpful Ma’am! A bowing technique on strings far apart in a fast piece would be nice, and a tutorial on improving finger placement and vibrato. Thank you for imparting your knowledge 😊💕
Thanks again for these videos, its odd but playing cello is a lot similar to martial arts; the aim for smaller movements to get the greatest effect, staying calm and fluid, using your whole body not just your arms etc,
Hi, so total beginner at cello, but very experienced musically... I was wondering if you could do a specific video for how to hold the bow comfortably maybe with a step by step or close up. I'm struggling with holding the bow. Also, no matter how I seem to sit, my legs still get in the way. Thanks so much. You rock!!!
Niiice! What I find as a struggle most of the time is left hand and right hand coordination on fast passages. Do you have any suggestions or method to improve? I find my left hand has a slower reaction than the bow hand (specially the 4th finger comes late)
From piano experience, start REALLY slow with your metronome (like boring slow) and then just increase the speed one click at a time (if you work with a digital one you can increase the speed by 4 at at time. Hope that helps
Thank you, you're videos are so clear and wonderful. I have a question for you that may be helpful for others too. I'm a violinist and violist who got asked to teach cello 4 1/2 years ago (I know, you're probably gacking right now at the thought, but where I live, there isn't anyone else). Since I don't have the familiarity with cello literature that I have with violin, could you list the etude books that you would most recommend. Your bowing exercises reminded me of what a useful thing that is for students. Thanks!
Just started recently with some lessons and I fond this video really helpful, hope u will go on with more, thank’s Tina :) Ps. Any suggestion about which Cello purchase ? Tnx
Very helpful tips! Would be neat to see a tutorial on transitioning placement of our fingers from one note to the next, especially when there are lots of intervals between the notes. I struggle with this sometimes when practicing the minuets.
Hey Tina, thank you for your video! I would love to see a video on Cello harmonics. I'm a violinist and composer myself, but non-violin/viola harmonics always make me reefer to a "cheat sheet I have". Can you discuss common harmonics and extended technique harmonics? Thanks!
What a cool cello teacher. You are explaining every single things what really worth a lot. I appreciate your open mind. The only question is, where do I find the next episode?
Hi, so total beginner at cello, but very experienced musically... I was wondering if you could do a specific video for how to hold the bow comfortably maybe with a step by step or close up. I'm struggling with holding the bow. Also, no matter how I seem to sit, my legs still get in the way. Thanks so much. You rock!!!
Thank you!! There are more tutorials and episode right on my channel, please check them out!
@@tinaguo hi Tina I Oly find 3 is that right ? I’m so eager to learn more from you
A trick: you can watch series on flixzone. Me and my gf have been using them for watching all kinds of movies these days.
@Cody Nico Yup, have been watching on flixzone for months myself :D
Writing for my son, “I am 6 years old and started playing when I was 5, and I liked this video because you are a great tutorial maker.” Thanks for the lesson!
I'm a metal guitarist who at the age of 38 started playing cello. I've found this very very helpful. Thanks!
I find cello more metal at times haha
Same here. Except I played cello for about 4 months when I was 14. Been dreaming about it ever since.
Just coming back after having dropped it to learn a “cooler” instrument like guitar… lol. Hopefully your journey is still going 4 years later 🙏
@@sentientdonuts I'm on suzuki book 4 and going strong!
I feel like you should have at least 20 tutorials on this beautifully complex instrument! I find you most helpful compared to many of the other tutorials offered on youtube! Thank you. - baby cellist :)
Thank you!!
@@tinaguo Hey Tina would you have any videos on songs by any chance, would be really helpful.
This is Elan Hurd .
We need more lessons from you. You are such a great teacher. I completely understand and am ready to apply each lesson.
Thanks so much, Tina! I have spent countless weeks reviewing beginner cello tutorials on CZcams and you are hands down the best by leaps and bounds. You break things down into useful and manageable steps-which does not overwhelm an absolute beginner like me. Your practical wisdom and tips are invaluable. You also have a very friendly, enthusiastic, and engaging manner. Your pace, tone, and communication style are not only engaging but fun! I am a lifelong educator and I think you are the best cello teacher on CZcams. So lucky to have crossed your path.
I've been playing the cello for over 4 years now and had no idea about this stuff! You're such a great teacher. Thanks for starting these tutorials.
Thank you for doing these tutorials. As someone who never had the patience to learn music when I was younger, picking up cello with no music background is challenging. Your videos are a great help.
One of the songs that made me say, "I have guitars and basses and pianos... the cello sounds too good not to try" was your version of "Rains of Castamere". So I bought a cello this morning and I'm glad to see that you have cello videos... I have a few videos to watch.
Really very good lessons of free virtuoso possession of a bow, also relevant to violinists. We love you, Tina!
Glad I found your tutorials. Your teaching style is easy and delightful. You have learned a lot from your dad and I hear his lessons through you but in your own style.
Thank you for the great tutorial! My daughter has learned to play cello for 1 year & your video helps her a lot!. Please make some more tutorial! God bless you...❤
Tina you ate these lessons they helpin me a LOT
The side view is really helpful for us beginners. I’ve been keeping my cello pretty straight out but now I see how much of an angle you have to facilitate A string bowing
Its probably too late for me to start to learn another instrument (I can play something on guitar) but I love to listen to you. Your voice and accent is like bright bell ;P
Ohinek: It's NEVER TOO LATE! I started learning the Cello at 69 or 70 years old and see no reason you couldn't start at 95 - although if you start that late, you may need to wait until your next lifetime to really appreciate how much you've learned! LOL!
Wow, I am so glad I discovered your tutorials. I've been learning on my own, after my cello instructor became ill after 6 months of lessons, and your videos are extremely helpful. You seem like the perfect teacher!
Thanks. I am a long time trumpet player who can no longer play due to health reasons. I would love to try the cello. Your videos are very inspiring.
You’re a great teacher Tina
In my younger years I played cello and LOVED it so much. Now in my semi retirement, I'm wanting to play again. Hopefully as good as I once was. Thank you for your tutorials. I feel there is hope for me. I hope you continue with your tutorials. You are great!!!
Aside from your amazing music videos, these tutorial videos are by far my favorite!!!! LOVE your tutorials, Tina (such great insight). Thank you for these (keep 'em coming if you have the time please).
Loving it so far, don't have a cello (yet) so I'm just taking notes.
Had to lower the volume because my headphones vibrate a lot when you play the C and G strings.
I'm restarting playing violin after about 7 years of interruption, and your tutorials are helpful and motivating for me. The things you say about the wrist and calculating the notes to fit in a bow, that also work for us violinists. ^^ Continue your great job, you are a perfect musician !
I swear you always upload while I’m watching one of your other videos 😂
This is like the 3ed time lol
haha that's amazing thank you!
Tina! I love your cello and the electric cello is a wonderful gift to play and practice the notes. I want to learn how to play the electric cello!
Tina! It is nice too meet you.
You are an excellent teacher. I am getting my cello soon
Thank you so much!! I’m just starting out and you’ve started me!!
This is unbelievably helpful!! I’m learning the Saint-Saëns cello concerto right now and the explanation of how the body should move and why is so helpfulll. Thank you!!
Hi Gina, I’m a adult been studying piano for about a year and looking to integrate the Cello to my learning of music, total beginner. Love the teaching looking to work with you. Thank you, Dante.
i find these tutorials super helpful! please make more
Thanks for this lesson. Very easy to understand.
My right in down. And my left is up.
Your lessons are great! Please keep making these videos!
thank you for this. As a new adult cello learner this was such a helpful lesson. I think practicing with this will help me understand how to play the different type of notes in class and sound good.
Love this, have played piano and mandolin and now decided (at 40) to attempt cello, your videos are very helpful
Hi Tina, I love your tutorials! Thank you. Just little input, when you show us the different stages of techniques (basic, intermediate, expert, super-expert), could you please also give a rough guidance of how long it takes to get to each stage? Basically to give us some idea whether we are at the right level to start learning the techniques.
Thank you so much! More tutorials to come pls it helps me a lot! Awesome! 😊
True true
LOVE this tutorial series! Keep up the great work, Tina!
Hello Tina.
I have been practicing cello for almost two years now, and at 61 years of age I sometimes wonder if I will be able to achieve anything ... to let go of my body ... learning all the techniques, I only practice one to two hours a day, which is my time available ... Thank you for teaching us and showing us the various techniques, among them the Vibratto still costs me a lot, but I know I will achieve it ... it would be wonderful not to stop doing these tutorials that encourages and helps so many passionate about such a beautiful instrument as the cello is.
Thanks for your valuable time!
Can't believe you get 1 to 2 hrs a day. That's great
I just borrowed a cello and I'm starting my adventure. My challenge for this year - practising cello minimum 5 days/week. I'm curious if I'll do this, and what I will play at the end of 2019 :) On monday I meet my cello teacher for the first time, so wish me luck! :D
How is it going??
Please please please make more tutorials 😭❤️❤️
Thank you. And Tina you have me thinking of buying a cello, or at least a violin as you make this look easy. I know it is not easy, from back when I played a trumpet back in band. But you make it look easy, as well as fun. So thank you.
I play the harp but I found myself really enjoying watching your cello tutorial videos. :) Please make more.
Tina you are wonderful for sharing ❤ may your life be full of blessings always. Thank you!!!!!!!!
Thank you, TINA, this is really valuable.
Thank you so much for these videos, I’ve been on and off learning cello, and these videos helped me more than anything else, thank you so much!!! ❤️
Thank you so much, Tina. I hope you can make more. This was an amazing lesson.
No guarantee you will progress: before quitting cello 30 years ago I was practicing 4-6 hours a day for 8 months, and every lesson my teacher would say, “you haven’t practiced” until one day I just got really angry. It was like a barrier I had made for myself with pressure by my desire to succeed. When I finally gave up the cello it was like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. Now my daughter wants to learn so I’m determined she just enjoys it without any pressure to improve or anything.
I love this tutorial, please post more...thank you Tina!
Lovely as always
I recently started the cello and this is Really helpful. My inspiration came from you and another artist called 2 cellos, thankyou very much Tina. Ps have you considered a duet with 2 cellos.
Having two angles to watch you play is very helpful. (Newbie here) Thank you!
Thank you so much for these videos! I just rented a cello and am trying to learn how to play. Your videos have been extremely helpful
Hi Tina, I LOVE your tutorials. I'm brand new to the cello and these three tutorials are so helpful and you're a GREAT teacher. I hope you will come back and do more or better yet, offer a full course that we can purchase and take from you online! Anyway, I have a slightly off-topic question about rosin. How often should you rosin your bow? And do you have a favorite or suggested rosin for us to use? Thanks so much!
Thank you for those tutorials, I'm starting cello recently and this is really helpful ! :D And you're so inspiring... I hope I can see you one day playing live (I live in Switzerland...)
Great help for the beginners like me
You play so beautifully please more tutorials 😇
Thank you Tina . It's so helpful video
Really great, thank you. (In French, I have learn not with "haut" (up) or "bas" (down) but "pousser" (push) and "tirer" (pull). for me Up is push and down is pull ;) )
Very well done. You are a great teacher. Thanks
Your awesome such amazing talent God Bless
Thank you for another episode...it’s inspiring to know I can do this....
Thank you for your time and explaining a difficult topic, I'm chewing it over for a bit. In "the last of the Mohican" you show bowing the notes individually and also dividing the bow for the notes, since you compose, can you explain when it's "better" to use which technique? I find my tunes sound like a midi-block
Song because of the pauses. (learning the Cello is in itself a different language) 🤔
I saw you in Hans Zimmer concert. You forget about everything when you play your instrument... That's really amazing...
I'm loving your tutorials and am SO looking forward to more of them! Your extra tips are awesome!
All the topics you suggested in Episode 1 sound great--yes, please! :) :)
I'm also interested in string height (action) -- what do you like yours to be? Any tips for determining if your cello is set up properly for the string height/action?
Que buen tutorial magnífica maestra saludos desde Ecatepec estado de México
This was so helpful
you are an amazing teacher everything seemed compliqué until u appeared ❤
Also the cello has incredible sound
This is lovely and super helpful Ma’am!
A bowing technique on strings far apart in a fast piece would be nice, and a tutorial on improving finger placement and vibrato. Thank you for imparting your knowledge 😊💕
These are excellent tutorials. Really great explanations.
I can watch you play all day
Thank you this really help me out can you do more
thanks Tina
Another really great tutorial, thanks again!!!
This is is very helpful.
Thank you!!
Thank you so much for those really cool Tutorials!
Aw thanks for watching!!
ive played guitar for 2o years this is a diff animal to tame omg i need to learn the bow lol
ty for the vids xx
Thanks again for these videos, its odd but playing cello is a lot similar to martial arts; the aim for smaller movements to get the greatest effect, staying calm and fluid, using your whole body not just your arms etc,
Hi, so total beginner at cello, but very experienced musically... I was wondering if you could do a specific video for how to hold the bow comfortably maybe with a step by step or close up. I'm struggling with holding the bow. Also, no matter how I seem to sit, my legs still get in the way. Thanks so much. You rock!!!
I wish you had so much more tutorial videos it really helps me a lot how you explain it
Great job! I will never play one but I enjoyed your video. Thanks Tina.
Wonderful.
Niiice! What I find as a struggle most of the time is left hand and right hand coordination on fast passages. Do you have any suggestions or method to improve? I find my left hand has a slower reaction than the bow hand (specially the 4th finger comes late)
From piano experience, start REALLY slow with your metronome (like boring slow) and then just increase the speed one click at a time (if you work with a digital one you can increase the speed by 4 at at time. Hope that helps
Awesome video! I really enjoyed it. 👍😊
Thank you Tina you are the greatest
Thanks
very helpful
salut j'adore tes vidéo et ton tallent change rien
Really good.
Excellent!
Thank you, you're videos are so clear and wonderful. I have a question for you that may be helpful for others too. I'm a violinist and violist who got asked to teach cello 4 1/2 years ago (I know, you're probably gacking right now at the thought, but where I live, there isn't anyone else). Since I don't have the familiarity with cello literature that I have with violin, could you list the etude books that you would most recommend. Your bowing exercises reminded me of what a useful thing that is for students. Thanks!
I LOVE CELO! FOREVER
You are soooo helpful! I do have a small request though, can you do Suzuki books? I really look forward to your third episode!!
Another one! 😍
would love to see a video on 3rd or 4th position vibrato or just vibrato in general!
Just started recently with some lessons and I fond this video really helpful, hope u will go on with more, thank’s Tina :) Ps. Any suggestion about which Cello purchase ? Tnx
Thank you so much for this tutorial ❤❤❤😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I appreciate thank you
Very helpful tips! Would be neat to see a tutorial on transitioning placement of our fingers from one note to the next, especially when there are lots of intervals between the notes. I struggle with this sometimes when practicing the minuets.
Hey Tina, thank you for your video! I would love to see a video on Cello harmonics. I'm a violinist and composer myself, but non-violin/viola harmonics always make me reefer to a "cheat sheet I have". Can you discuss common harmonics and extended technique harmonics? Thanks!