Developing Virtuosity bk. 2 - Cello

Instrumentation: Cello and Piano with CD This volume continues the development of playing skills found in Book 1 and progresses to more complex rhythms, left-hand finger patterns and techniques, bowing techniques, and preparation for shifting. Book 2 introduces students to: long and controlled bow strokes, slurred legato and staccato bow strokes, string-crossing slurs, and producing dynamic contrasts; new rhythmic patterns including dotted notes, triplets, sixteenth notes, swinging eighth notes, and syncopated rhythms; new time signatures including 6/8 and 3/8, along with cut time for cello/bass; and major and minor left-hand string patterns, extended fingerings, and beginning octave harmonics and shifting. Online audio available.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633610063
• ISBN13: 9781633610064
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Alfred Music
• Length: 999 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.