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How you sit down with the cello can affect how you play: sitting straight is the way to go.
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How to find an optimum endpin height and angle, what makes a difference and why.
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Everything you need to know, from tailpiece to top nut, about setting your cello up so that it can sound its best ,
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How to evaluate a cello before buying it
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David Finckel here, cellist of the Emerson String Quartet, duo partner of Wu Han, Artistic Director, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Music@Menlo. I'm going to post a whole series of mini-cello lessons here that are going to be concise and hopefully really useful. Keep checking back as I upload more of them, from wherever I happen to be.
David Finckel Cello Talks
David Finckel here, cellist of the Emerson String Quartet, duo partner of Wu Han, Artistic Director, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and Music@Menlo. I'm going to post a whole series of mini-cello lessons here that are going to be concise and hopefully really useful. Keep checking back as I upload more of them, from wherever I happen to be.
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Hi David
As an older man, 68, I am having to change from a wind instrument, and it is great to have your real quality input. So many thought provoking ideas and attention to details I have not thought of. -
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Hi David,
Thank you for making these wonderful videos. If you are still adding to the collection, I`d like to make a request for one on synthetic harmonics.
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