Bøger af Cassia Harvey

Open String Bow Workouts for Violin, Book OneOne great thing to add to the beginning of your violin practice (at any level of playing!) is a short study on open strings.Open-string studies on the violin can help you focus on your bow and how it interacts with the string. Good bow technique is essential for creating beautiful sound. This book of new and exciting bowing workouts for the violin gives you 97 exercises to train your bow on open strings before you begin the rest of your practice.Since there are no left-hand notes, you can focus entirely on improving the dexterity and control of the right (bow) hand.Useful also for students who are struggling with reading notes, this book gives violinists a tremendous resource for creating better tone.The exercises work on bow distribution, rests and retaking bows, slurs, triplets, dotted rhythms, double stops, string crossing and more.Note: The main focus of this book is achieving a steady, even, smooth tone. Dynamics, staccato, spiccato, and other articulated bowings are covered in Book Two.

You Can Have Faster FingersFinger Exercises for the Cello, Book One gives you notes to play that will make your fingers more agile.The double stop exercises included help correct collapsed fingersand and encourage good hand alignment. By playing this book at the beginning of a practice session, you will ensure that the rest of your practice is more in tune.Teachers: this book is a useful warm-up that ensures that the rest of the lesson will go more smoothly.

Learn how to read treble clef on the cello! This book teaches you how to read and play notes in treble clef on the cello, one note at a time. The exercises help you see how bass clef and tenor clef connect to treble clef. Carefully crafted studies help you recognize and remember each note as you learn it. Short pieces are included to use the notes that were just learned so that you can practice playing in treble clef. If you are an intermediate or advanced cellist and you know bass and tenor clef (if not, see Tenor Clef for the Cello by Cassia Harvey), this book will help teach you the final clef! Advanced cello solo, chamber, and orchestral music regularly uses bass, tenor, and treble clef. One skill that is not typically taught in cello playing is reading treble clef an octave lower. Some cello music has parts written in this "false" treble clef that you are expected to be able to read and play. This book can help! At the end of the book, after the regular study of the clef, there is a section on reading treble clef one octave lower, followed by study pages that teach the treble clef sections of the cello part to an excerpt from Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 and all of the treble clef sections in the cello part to Dvorak's American String Quartet Op. 96, No. 12!This book could be studied after Tenor Clef for the Cello (CHP109) and along with Learning Three-Octave Scales on the Cello (CHP356) and Thumb Position School for the Cello (CHP361.)

The Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 Study Book, Volume Two helps you learn and perfect every measure of the third "movement" of this major cello concerto.The Concerto is broken down into short sections and taught through carefully graded exercises.Skills that would otherwise be difficult, such as shifts, fast scale patterns, double stop octaves, and artificial harmonics can now be mastered.You can be free to concentrate on artistic expression by solidifying your cello technique. The Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 Study Book, Volume Two gives you essential tools to be a better cellist.The entire cello part to the third "movement" of the Concerto is presented at the end of the book (the piano accompaniment is not included).This book could be studied along with The Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 Study Book, Volume One and The Popper High School Study Book for Cello, Volume One.

Improve Your Third Position Intonation and Finger Speed on the Violin!Do you want faster fingers and better intonation? Do you want to improve muscle memory and overall facility in third position on the violin? Finger Exercises for the Violin, Book Three can help!This book gives you short warm-up exercises that focus on specific finger patterns in the 12 major keys, exercises for reaching fourth finger harmonic, and finger exercises that shift! The overall focus of the book is on learning finger spacing in violin third position. Each exercise focuses on patterns that can be used to help your fingers feel less awkward in third position.These studies will help you prepare for the complicated finger patterns in repertoire and pieces and will help you develop faster fingers on the violin. Playing one or two of these finger exercises at a time is a great way to build your technique and improve your finger speed.After using books like Third Position for the Violin and Third Position Study Book for the Violin to introduce the position, this book can help take your technique to the next level. Improve your violin playing today with these essential technical studies!

One way to maximize your viola practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings.Open-string studies on the viola can help you focus on your bow and how it interacts with the string. Good bow technique is essential for creating beautiful sound.This third book of new and exciting bowing workouts for the viola gives you 99 exercises to train your bow on open strings before you begin the rest of your practice.The main focus of Book Three is bow control. The exercises in this book help you develop bow control using long sustained bow work, string crossing, staccato, and spiccato, as well as special exercises for bow starts and bow landings.Since there are no left hand notes, you can focus entirely on improving the dexterity and control of the right (bow) hand.This book gives violists a tremendous resource for developing an all-around bow technique that meets the demands of the viola repertoire, as well as a path to creating better tone.¿Smooth, connected bows and tone are the focus of Open String Bow Workouts for Viola, Book One, and articulated bowings are the focus of Book Two.

One way to maximize your violin practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings.Open-string studies on the violin can help you focus on your bow and how it interacts with the string. Good bow technique is essential for creating beautiful sound.This third book of new and exciting bowing workouts for the violin gives you 99 exercises to train your bow on open strings before you begin the rest of your practice.The main focus of Book Three is bow control. The exercises in this book help you develop bow control using long sustained bow work, string crossing, staccato, and spiccato, as well as special exercises for bow starts and bow landings.Since there are no left hand notes, you can focus entirely on improving the dexterity and control of the right (bow) hand.This book gives violinists a tremendous resource for developing an all-around bow technique that meets the demands of the violin repertoire, as well as a path to creating better tone.¿Smooth, connected bows and tone are the focus of Open String Bow Workouts for Violin, Book One, and articulated bowings are the focus of Book Two.

One way to maximize your cello practice is by adding a short bowing study on open strings!Open-string studies on the cello can help you focus on your bow and how it interacts with the string. Good bow technique is essential for creating beautiful sound.This third book of new and exciting bowing workouts for the cello gives you 99 exercises to train your bow on open strings before you begin the rest of your practice.The main focus of Book Three is bow control. The exercises in this book help you develop bow control using long sustained bow work, string crossing, staccato, and spiccato, as well as special exercises for bow starts and bow landings.Since there are no left hand notes, you can focus entirely on improving the dexterity and control of the right (bow) hand.This book gives cellists a tremendous resource for developing an all-around bow technique that meets the demands of the cello repertoire, as well as a path to creating better tone.¿Smooth, connected bows and tone are the focus of Open String Bow Workouts for Cello, Book One, and articulated bowings are the focus of Book Two.