The ABCs of Cello for the Intermediate, Book 2 (Book & MP3/PDF)

The book is designed for intermediate level students. I'm not sure what level I am since I'm going at my own pace. I went through the first ABCs book and liked it so... This book 2 is arranged the same. It is divided into lessons, each lesson you will learn something new (a new note or rhythm) and then several songs to play that go along with the new learned skill. Some of the songs are very very short, but some are half pages and others full pages. The instructions are minimal for example 'C# is an extended 4th finger on the G-string' (then a picture)... and that is all you get folks. Then 2 short sample songs and it is on to learning F#. Rinse and Repeat. I use this book with others. If you were to only use this book you would find you need more music to play, like songs and stuff.I have started playing cello this March and purchased many books. My learning is online with various videos and book learning. I am doing Suzuki and reached the end of book 1. I do not play perfectly but I do love to progress through and be challenged.

I used to play cello in highschool and then dropped it completely for 20 years. I am finding these three, beginning, intermediate, & advanced books very useful. The beggining book has a nice mixture of melodies and instructions, and I quickly got back up to speed. To get the most out of it, you really need to sit and read it as well, small phrases can be passed over that are very important, such as "try to think about the musical phrase while you play" is easy to overlook while practicing, but important to keep in mind. Having played before I am finding myself flipping back and forth between books, but even the begginning book has some lovely pieces that with changes in emphasis or repeats become compelling pieces for performance. I actually moved into book two before I was finished with book one completely, but I still go back into book one for refresher exercises. At least once a week I have a practice session where I go back to basic things to work on fine tuning technique, and this graduated system is very good for that. Listening to good cellists and a teacher can help you with phrasing and musicality, but this book is very good on basic technical information with an ephasis on getting the finger placements correct and working each one.

This is a great book for intermediate cello students. It is one in several in my strings teaching studio collection for cello. This one advances just right, and has accompaniment available, which always makes learning more exciting as well as making it easier to train the ear for proper pitch and for learning to keep tempo.

It is pretty easy for me, I was hoping there would be more of it, but what is there is fun to play.

Everything is explained very simply. The increase in the complexity of the exercises is so well planned that the student practically does not perceive it.

The CD from the the Book 1 can be played in the CD player. I Don't know the CD from Book 2 can not be played in the CD player, only in computer.

Great item for cello practice!

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