Technique Takes Off! Mary Cohen. Cello Solo

Technique Takes Off! Cello presents fourteen original, imaginative studies for solo cello, specially designed to lead on from elementary studies for younger players to more advanced material by Dotzauer and Popper. Each piece concentrates on one or two aspects of technique, and the whole set covers a wide range of left and right hand skills, including spicatto bowing, string-crossing, moto perpetuo, cantible, and easy double stops.

Teachers and pupils will find this invaluable, yet light hearted, collection both enjoyable and stimulating.

ISBN: 0571514200
Publisher: Faber Music
Arrangement format: Instrumental Solo
Instruments: Cello, Piano
Genre: Educational, Instrumental
Difficulty: Intermediate
Grades: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
Pages: 24
Language: English, German

"I have been meaning to write to say how much pleasure Technique Takes Off has given me and my students. Beautifully conceived, imaginative and great fun to teach. I have been using it at higher levels with more detail too. All power to your elbow!"  William Bruce (Head of Strings and ABRSM examiner)

Contents:

1. Prelude
2. Dormez-vous?
3. Grandioso
4. Swirling Arabesques
5. Looping The Loop
6. Village Bagpipes
7. In Old Vienna
8. The Bees' Knees
9. Sarabande With Variations
10. Sequenza
11. Romance
12. Ride Like The Wind!
13. Reflection