The ABCs Of Cello For The Absolute Beginner: Cello/ Book 1 - Softcover

Rhoda, Janice Tucker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0825838851 ISBN 13: 9780825838859

Publisher: Carl Fischer Music Dist, 2000

Synopsis

Janice Tucker Rhoda's phenomenally successful series, The ABCs of Cello, owes much of its success to the wonderful original material and to the sensitive arrangements of classical, folk, fiddle and other popular melodies. After many years of teaching children and adults the author has developed a simple and enjoyable approach for studying the Cello. The ABCs of Cello for the Absolute Beginner, Book 1 contains 29 Melodies, Finger Graphs, Warm-ups, Scales, Easy Duets, a worksheet for note-recognition, a glossary and practice chart.

The special CD insert consists of three components: 29 performance pieces of cello with piano accompaniments, piano accompaniment tracks by themselves for play-along, and a printable pdf file of the piano accompaniments. Rob Bethel is a critically acclaimed classical and improvisational cellist who plays The ABCs of Cello Book 1 CD with passion, sensitivity and gusto!

About this title

From the Author

It is never too late to begin playing Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and other musical instruments. Read my popular article: Why do Adults Learn to Play Violin Quicker than Children? abcsofstrings.com/learnviolinquick.html

Thank you,
Janice Tucker Rhoda
Author ABCs of Strings and Complete Technique

About the Author

Janice Tucker Rhoda's biography is included in Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in the World. She has designed her path-breaking instruction series, The ABCs of Strings, to encourage students of all ages to play the Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass. She has given clinics and courses at colleges worldwide and has served as an adjudicator for solo competitions. Ms. Rhoda resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Ms. Rhoda is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts where her teacher was well-known pedagogue, Eric Rosenblith, protégé of Carl Flesch. She also studied with such luminaries as Nancy Cirillo, Rudolf Kolisch, Yuri Mazurkevich, George Neikrug, Daniel Pinkham, Gunther Schuller, Roman Totenberg and Benjamin Zander.

Ms. Rhoda has brilliantly adapted her innovative approach to the Cello!

Edition details

• Publisher: Carl Fischer Music Dist
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0825838851
• ISBN 13: 9780825838859
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 46