Category: Practicing

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The Force of Habit

By Selma Gokcen October 2, 2012

Subjects Playing Healthy, Practicing

Tags adventure, Alexander Technique, cello, challenges, effort, exhilarating, expectation, Experience, Force of Habit, Gokcen, Habits, lessons, Mind, movement, muscular tension, musicians, Preparation, safety, Selma, transitions

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What’s the Passcode?

By Brant Taylor March 21, 2012

Subjects Practicing

Tags Brant, cello, cellobello, finesse, Habits, honesty, improvement, orchestral excerpts, Practice, practicing, professional musicians, progress, skills, sound production, Taylor, understanding

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A New Look at Sight-Reading (Part 3)

By Robert Battey February 3, 2012

Subjects Practicing

Tags Accomplishment, Battey, cello, cellobello, character, Coordination, Development, dynamics, Effective, ensemble, harmony, Janos, Listening, music, perfection, Rhythm, sight-reading, Starker, success, Technique

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A New Look at Sight-Reading (Part 2)

By Robert Battey January 1, 2012

Subjects Practicing

Tags ability, Battey, cello, cellobello, chamber music, ensemble, Observation, Practice, Rhythm, robert, sight-reading, success, Technique, virtuoso

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A New Look at Sight-Reading (Part 1)

By Robert Battey December 1, 2011

Subjects Practicing

Tags art, Battey, cello, cellobello, chamber music, coaching, conservatory, Development, discipline, ensemble, frustration, goals, music, music-making, robert, sight-reading, students, Teaching, Technique, workshops

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The Rules

By Brant Taylor September 15, 2011

Subjects Practicing

Tags Brant, cello, cello technique, cellobello, concepts, continuous vibrato, education, finesse, improvement, instrumentalists, lessons, posters, Practice, rules, Taylor, Teaching, Technique, University, vibrato

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Finesse

By Brant Taylor July 19, 2011

Subjects Practicing

Tags aspirations, Awareness, bow speed, Brant, cello, cellobello, character, concentration, concepts, contact point, creativity, details, effortless, exploration, finesse, fundamentals, harmony, ideas, Janos, legato, lessons, Listening, musical, Philosophy, release, skills, small details, solutions, Starker, Taylor, tension, vibrato, weight

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Self-Motivation and Summer Vacation

By Brandon Vamos May 5, 2011

Subjects Practicing

Tags arpeggios, Brandon, career, cello, cellobello, challenges, Experience, focus, Growth, improvement, motivation, Performing, Practice, practicing, recording, scales, scheduling, school, student, success, Summer

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Fantastic Getaways and their Cello-related Aftermath

By Lev Mamuya March 24, 2011

Subjects Practicing, Pre-College

Tags cello, cellobello, Lev, Mamuya, practicing, Travel

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Practice Time: Inspiring and Productive?

By Natasha Brofsky March 16, 2011

Subjects Practicing

Tags art, bowings, Brofsky, cello, context, emotion, experiment, fingerings, imagination, inspiration, motion, movements, musical, musical imagination, musicians, Natasha, performance, phrasing, Practice, productive, success, tempo

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Raising Your Self-Awareness

By Brandon Vamos March 14, 2011

Subjects Practicing

Tags Awareness, Bach Suites, clarity, concentration, Experience, intonation, musical phrasing, Performing, Practice Room, Preparation, results, Sound, student, tone

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Thirds, Thirds, Thirds…

By Lev Mamuya December 14, 2010

Subjects Practicing, Pre-College

Tags Awareness, challenges, consistency, control, focus, intonation, Lev, Mamuya, Martha, motivation, practice habits, practicing, repertoire, scales, success, Technique, thumb position

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