Legato means to play smooth and connected which is achieved by the bow… even when the left hand is going wild.
Teaching Notes for Popper Cello Étude No. 34 Popper 34 is a slower, more melodic study. This étude explores double stops, and some slightly extended techniques of bowing and pizzicato with left hand simultaneously. We both agree that this one is a beautiful piece to listen to and one of our guests even likes to […]
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Teaching Notes for Popper Cello Étude No. 35 This is another study that focuses on distant key areas and strange enharmonic relationships (b natural to g-flat equals a perfect fifth, for example!) The étude challenges our brain in that there are aspects you have to figure out and organise in order to be consistently in
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Teaching Notes for Popper Cello Étude No. 36 We were delighted to welcome back fabulous cellist Martin Johnson (Leader, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland) as our last guest of the series for our exploration of Popper 36! Martin brings up some fantastic points about musicality and finding solutions in this study, trusting your instinct with
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Practice Notes for Popper Cello Étude No. 39 We enjoyed exploring this beautifully lilting study that has a lot of variety and some beautiful double-stops in D-flat major. However, this one is not without it’s difficulties. Lots with thumb position, hand balance, intonation in triads and thirds and bow distribution planning. Hope this video will
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