MUP 100D Applied Cello Lessons

1. Use correct posture to enhance instrument production and utilize proper breathing techniques.
2. Employ correct tone production and exhibit a working knowledge of the cello.
3. Demonstrate a familiarity with appropriate musical terms and symbols.
4. Discuss selected musical periods and styles.
5. Use effective practice habits, including technique exercises and the identification and rehearsing of difficult passages.
6. Interpret his/her musical repertoire.
7. Memorize simple passages and/or pieces and perform an assigned number of pieces.
8. Exhibit increased self-confidence through use of performance techniques.

• Instrumental Pedagogy
  • Correct posture
  • Proper breathing techniques
  • Correct tone production
  • Introduction to basic mechanics
    • Cello and accompanying materials
  • Finger/hand technique
  • Practice techniques
    • Effective practice habits
• Fundamentals of Music Reading and Theory
  • Music notation
  • Musical symbols and terms
  • Basic music theory
    • Application in the music being learned
• Musicality and Performance
  • Learning to play a piece of music from reading the printed page
  • Introduction to general musical periods and styles
  • Interpretation of music with the knowledge gained
  • Memorizing a piece of music
  • Performance techniques