New Directions in Cello Playing - Softcover

Sazer, Victor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0944810039 ISBN 13: 9780944810033

Publisher: Ofnote, 2003

Synopsis

How to Make Cello Playing Easier and Play Without Pain.

New Directions in Cello Playing introduces natural, tension-free ways of playing and anatomically improved techniques that prevent performance-related injury. Its innovative approach to body use increases efficiency and improves performance. This revised and expanded edition also includes new strategies for teaching beginners.

About this title

About the Author:

Victor Sazer, cellist, teacher of the cello and author has been an active performer for over half a century. Thoughout his career he sustained a deep commitment to teaching and is widely recognized for his innovative and creative methods. Since publication of the first edition of New Directions in Cello Playing he has been in demand to present lecture/demonstrations, master classes and workshops at universities and music schools including the Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music and the Peabody and Shanghai Conservatories.

Review:

New Directions in Cello Playing, subtitled, How to Make Cello Playing Easier and Play Without Pain, introduces natural , tension-free ways of playing. It presents anatomically-improved ways of sitting and holding the cello, a new approach to left arm and hand techniques and fundamentals of bowing. It also addresses musician' pain problems, including causes of pain and pain prevention.

Although New Directions in Cello Playing is primarily addressed to cellists, it deals, in large measure, with basic body mechanics that affect all string players. -- Ofnote

About this edition

• Publisher: Ofnote
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0944810039
• ISBN 13: 9780944810033
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 210