OLYMPIC CELLO WORKOUTPULSING EXERCISE  
 
 
   

This exercise is also for legato as well for perfecting bow usage.

  
 PREPARATION  DESCRIPTION

Metronome at QUARTER NOTE=60
Pick any scale to use.

  Start by playing 4 beats to a bow. Pulse the right hand playing the rhythms indicated. Do this correctly by never stopping the bow. As the string length shorten you will need to implement less emphatic pulsing by the right hand. Use whatever fingering you're most comfortable with.


   

LEVEL 1
One octave of any scale.

  
     
 think this:    
     
 but play:  
   continue up scale in same manner  
 
     
     
     
   

LEVEL 2
2 octaves

  
     
     
     
 still thinking legato try these new rhythms:
   continue up scale (2 octaves) in same manner
     
     
     
   

LEVEL 3
3 or more octaves

 
     
  more complex rhythms:    
   

Further Study:

 
     
 still more difficult:    

Try starting with faster "pulses" and ending each bow stroke with the slower divisions. Use this on any legato passage you might be working one. Subdivide each note into some pulsing rhythms that accelerate before the bow change.



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