u/serenaissance_

Please help a beginner out
▲ 18 r/Cello

Please help a beginner out

Okay so I'm an adult beginner starting from complete scratch, I've been playing for under a year and I love love love the instrument but I'm bugging out trying to branch out and learn stuff on my own as I'm not able to see my tutor just at the moment.

Idk about positions, I assume I only know the first position- but I do know the Dmaj, Gmaj, and 2 octave Cmaj scales, so when going through the handful of books I own, I thought this piece was playable to me. Idk if I'm backsliding or crazy but this piece is breaking me out in hives. I would be so so appreciative if anyone could give me any pointers on playing this one??

I'm not even attempting it allegretto right now, but it still seems really difficult?

(Also, if anyone has any pointers for books, websites, YouTube channels wherever I can use to continue learning rather than just playing over and over the few pieces I already know or attempting pieces too hard for me, I would be forever grateful x)

u/serenaissance_ — 4 days ago