The Art of Playing the Violoncello A system of study from the very beginning to a stage of perfection by Unknown Cello - Digital Sheet Music

I. Glissando with the Same Finger on One String

1. Audible Glissando

A) With One Bow-Stroke

b) Simultaneous Action (Glissando and bowstroke)

2. Inaudible Glissando

II. Glissando with Different Fingers on One String

A) Upward Movement (from lower to higher notes)

B) Downwards Glissando (from higher to lower notes)

1. When the Starting Finger is Lower than the Objective Finger

2. When the Starting Finger is Higher than the Objective Finger

C) Glissando in Combination with an Open String

1. Upward Glissando

2. Downward Glissando

III. Glissando with the Same Finger on Two Strings

A) Upward Glissando

1. From a Lower to a Higher string

2. From a Higher to a Lower note

B) Downward Glissando

1. From a Higher to a Lower String

2. From a Lower to a Higher String

IV. Glissando with Different Fingers on Two Strings

Position Changing in Combination with an Open String

Mixed Exercises

Harmonics

Fermata

Different Fingers for One Note

Rhythmical Combinations

Substitution or Exchange of finger

Changing Fingers on Two Strings

Changing Fingers on Three Strings

Exercises for Stretching the Fingers

Positions

Irregular Time-signatures 5/4 and 5/8 time

7/4 And 7/8 Time

Exercises to Increase Surety

Pizzicato

Playing of Scales

Preparatory Exercises for Scales in the Lower Half of the Fingerboard

Different Kinds of Bowing for Scales

Preparatory Exercises for Thirds

Different Kinds of Bowing for Thirds

Broken Triads

Broken Triads in Double Stops

Broken Chords (four notes)

Fundamental Position

First Inversion

Second Inversion

Third Inversion

Chord of the Diminished Seventh

A Guide for Study