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Thank you! Wonderful, happy practice ❤

Muscle memory from repetition. Etudes no 1-9 from S. Lee op. 31 and position exercises did the work, so I can now see/feel positions/notes both in my head and hand.

@@Cello_Journey okey gracias te admiro mucho as avansado mucho en poco tiempo

Thank you so much! I think it gets easier to learn different skills with age (not only cello), as you build up on your previous experience and also are aware of how to acquire knowledge and how to practice optimally (& determine your weaknesses). Yes, I agree too. I did a second version with better dynamics (Day 277 : ruclips.net/video/mgpG68IJNlQ/видео.htmlsi=g8YZJHB1i5UL8SQo )

Uh, violin is quite a challenge! Very best luck and enjoyment with your journey. I usually get 2-3 hours a day (with maybe 2-3 days off a month) and a weekly lesson. Its really is a habit now.

@@Cello_Journey Thank you for responding to my comment. I thought half an hour a day would be enough. Thanks to your comment, I realized that I need to work a little more. Thank you very much.

Thank you! Why would you recommend this (and what kind of exercises?)

@@Cello_Journey Why do I recommend this? Because what makes the cello ‘speak’ is the bow, not the intonation.... beginners often make the mistake of becoming obsessed with intonation, and ignore the dynamics of the bow. Without them, the music sounds completely flat. This very piece you played is extremely expressive. But in your playing there was no dynamic sound at all, it sounded as if you were counting notes. I know you are a beginner, and that's precisely why you should pay attention to that. The sooner you start to educate your right hand, the faster you will be able to make progress. Because as I said, without bow dynamics, the music will sound flat, and therefore, it will be dead.

@ Thank you for explanation. I am aware of lack of dynamics and it is exactly what we worked on yesterday with my teacher, when I showed her this first draft. It is the first “real” slow and melodic piece I have played between all of the etudes and Rome wasn’t built in a day. Everything is a struggle right now - both intonation, sound, new clef and (imitation of 🙈 )vibrato, but all those things have my attention and will eventually get better. Do you have any specific exercises for the bowing that you could recommend? (composer & opus).

@@Cello_Journey simply play open strings creating dynamics, from mezzoforte at the heel of the bow to forte at the tip of the bow and vice versa. Do not use weight but speed. Do more and more extreme dynamics until you go from piano-pianissimo at the heel of the bow to forte fortissimo at the tip of the bow. This is not something that will come quickly, you will need a lot of time and practice for the hand to get used to it and above all for the sound to be regular and rounded. Doing it with open strings will allow you to concentrate on the right hand. If you get boring of the open strings, just play easy scales while you do it.

@ That’s great - going to try it out. Thank you!

Uh, it’s a difficult one 😱 Enjoy it!

Thank you!! 🤩

Thank you so much! I’m beginning to like it too - very melodic.

Aww! And likewise - I see you’re on the same journey ❤️

Thank you! 2-3 hours a day, less in the beginning.

That is impressive commitment, no wonder you are playing so well. I've been playing for almost two years and only now I am learning shifts.

2-3 hours

Thank you! To get right intonation was relatively easy in this etude. Instead I’m struggling to get a good sound bowing-wise when in 3rd and 4th position (sounds very tight and muffled/closed right now - I have to release some tension, I think ).

⁠​⁠@@Cello_Journeydont worry to much on your bow, because to us your projection sounds fine! And if your worried about higher positions do exercises for that(one that i like to do is play any scale but with my first finger only, it teaches you to familiarize yourself with higher positions) anyways keep up the good work ❤

@ Good to know! Presented it to my teacher and she thinks it’s sounds fine too 👌👌

@@vinyltarian Nice, we are comrades-in-arms now 😆👏

It’s on IMSLP: imslp.org/wiki/40_Études_mélodiques_et_progressives,_Op.31_(Lee,_Sebastian)

Thank you!

Thank you! You play very lovely yourself - looking forward to follow your next recordings 👏

@@vinyltarian Nope, I have to check them out, thanks for the tip! I know - It’s very motivating to play with your teacher 😅 I got some homework already from mine - next one is “Duet for 2 celli” by Paul Hindemith and sonata (duet) in B-moll major by Mozart (although the last one seems quite difficult..). Tell me how it goes! I have the same dilemma - I think especially my A string is too shrill compared to C and G, so I got a “Medium” instead of “Strong” from same “Soloist” series.

Thank you so much and thank you for watching ❤ I have a soft spot for this piece and so glad that I can finally play it!

Thank you! It’s one of my favorite pieces 😍

Please read my channels description, where I among other things tell about my previous music experience. Hopefully it will make more sense to you.

I recorded me playing cello first. Then piano part, while listening to cello recording in one ear. Put it together in Final Cut Pro.

@@Cello_Journey oh ! Thank you😀 Final cut Pro! I will download this! Thank you so much!

@@marieotto153 I’m pretty sure that you also can use iMovie to do the same, which is free for iphone and ipad.

@@Cello_Journey awwwww😀 thank you!

@@vinyltarian Thank you! Cello first and then piano while having airpod in one ear (with my cello track). Took quite a few attempts to get it right 😅

Maybe the person already had a musical background (take it literally - piano in the background xD)

​@@Why.to.learn.piano.I think violin too. You can still see it a bit in her left hand.

Yes, I played violin as a kid and piano as a teenager. 🙂 (take a look at my channel’s description for more info).

@@dswiftie all of the etudes from op. 70 are in first position, so it is very straightforward 👌

@@Cello_Journey and I KNOW FIRST POSITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you! I have a list of 2 octave scales in both major and minor, which I play through as a warmup- it usually takes half an hour. Then I go directly to a piece I’m learning, because it is etudes I’m studying and thats where I gain my technique. (If I was learning a classical piece I would probably spend more time on exercises etc.) If it’s a very new piece - I play it through until I’m comfortable/ getting a flow in just sight reading it with now hiccups more or less (takes a couple of hours depending on the piece). Then the real work begins and that’s how my practice usually looks like: I identify problem areas and only focus on them. I can use an hour on only one bar for instance. If I feel that there is shaky intonation, I use tuner app on my phone to correct it. The same goes for rhythm where I use metronome from the same app. It could also be problems with uneven left hand fingers in fast passages, where I apply different rhythms to correct it. Bowing can also be uneven - I’m trying different angles, different bowing positions to extract better sound etc. Most importantly is to film yourself, as it is easier to see and hear what I’m doing wrong. The easy etudes I was working on usually takes 2-3 days to finish to my satisfaction, while the more advanced etudes I’m working on now can take up to a few weeks. I work on 1-2 pieces at a time. That is very cool. I hope I will get an opportunity to play in a small orchestra too 🤞

@@Cello_Journey Thank you for the detailed reply! I should filming myself too. I know it will help a lot but I am lazy about it. I'm sure you will find an orchestra to play with when you are ready. I was not really ready technically to join an orchestra, but I'm not getting any younger and all the comments I've read about it said that you never feel ready and should just go for it. Unfortunately for me, I have to simplify things sometimes to be able to play them at tempo and I get frustrated with that.

Thank you so much! ❤️ Agree - in fact I’m convinced that the ability to learn is constant at any age.

Thank you! This is an oldie - I’m already on day no. 186 😆💪

@@Cello_Journey woah!! your making great progress!!! 😆💪🏼🎊

Thank you!

Thank you! ❤️

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Thank you!

Hi, check out my channels description - I think it covers all of your questions 😊

To get to this point? Sebastian Lee’s “40 easy etudes” opus 70 was really a game changer. (You can also see all of the previous pieces I have played in my playlist 🎶)

Thank you! Sometimes it is hard to notice improvement from day to day practice, but when I watch previous recordings, it shows! It is very motivating. Thank you for watching!

Thank you so much!

Thank you! I follow this lovely tutorial by @CelloTutorials3347 : ruclips.net/video/yw_lGzyoJ08/видео.htmlsi=hmnEJPjC5qZha7o- I just started practicing and hope I am doing it right 😅 (I’ll get some validation when my teacher is back from vacation )

Thanks for sharing ☺️

@@deodeo7620 Thank you! Those low register tones are so delicious to play 😍

Thank you!