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Learn to Play CelloTRANSCRIPT
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My First Song
Welcome to the wonderful world of cello!
Let's begin with plucking!
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Notes and Rests
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Three's a Crowd
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Getting Tricky
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A Funny Pair
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Zoomin' Along
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Skateboard Sam
Let's Play Catch
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9 Couch Potato
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Meet the "A" Team!!!! !!!!!!! !!!
Eyes on the Road
11 Puppy Dog Song!!
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Apple for the Teacher
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14 Dad's Tune
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15 Bumper Cars
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Leap Frog
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17 Farmer Dave
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Watch Those Rests
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Back and Forth
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Now go back and play the first part of the book again with the bow.
Learning the Bow Grip 7
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My First Finger Ez z z z
To play our new note,place the first finger of yourleft hand down on the "D" string's first tape.
Curve your fingers & use the tip ofof your pointer finger on the "D" string.
Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "D" sting withyour bow.
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First Finger "E"
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The Fabulous Mr. Edz z z y y y z z y y z z z
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Fun with D and Ey y z z yz y z y z y y y
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Banana Splity y ! ! y z z z z z yy
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Two Fingers DownF FFF
To play our new note, place thefirst, ,second and third fingers of your lefthand down on the "D" string's first tthree tapes.
Curve your fingers & useyour finger tipson the "D" string.
Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "D" sting withyour bow.
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Third Finger "F#"
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Two or NothingF FF yyy
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Trucking AlongF FFy y F F zzzz F FF
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Playing It Right
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Half Notes Happen
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Ups and Downs
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30 Hot Cross Buns\ ^ . \ ^ .
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Mary Had A Little Lamb
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When you see this time signature, you have four beats in each measure.
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F z y z F F F
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32 French Fries
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Karate Chop
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34 Soccer Champ
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Winning the Prize, \, \
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The Ballerinas
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37 The Boy Scout
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Give Me A "G"w w w w w
To play our new note, place the first,second, third and fourth fingers of your lefthand down on the "D" string's first four tapes.
Curve your fingers & use your finger tipson the "D" string.
Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "D" sting withyour bow.
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Fourth Finger "G"
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G and D Song4 4 . . 4 4 y y 4
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Movin' On Up
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Skipin' Town, \ 4 ^ . \ z z ^
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Lightly Row
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Better "B" Goodg g g g g
To play our new note, place thefirst finger of your left hand down onthe "A" string's first tape or mark.
Curve your fingers & use the tip ofof your pointer finger on the "A" string.
Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "A" sting withyour bow.
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First Finger "B"
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"A" vs. "B"! ! - ! g ! g
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Song Without Letters
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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! ! w w F F ^ ! ! w w F F ^
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Name the notes.
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Down and Up
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Move the bow towardyour body (to the left) foran UP bow.
Move the bow away fromyour body (to the right) fora DOWN bow.
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Love My Bow
Bow Time
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Starting Over
When you come to a comma,LIFT and start with a new bow.
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Lift It
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Lift or Loose
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Love to Lift
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F F \ F FJingle Bells
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F F \ F F \ F! y z \
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Old McDonald
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London Bridge!g!w F w, z F 4 F w,
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A dotted half notegets three beats ofsound.
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Three Counts Each
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Careful Counter
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59 Hey, Diddle, Diddle
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60 Cukoo Bird
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I See "C" Sharp" " "
To play our new note, place thefirst, second & thid fingers of your lefthand down on the "A" string's first three tapes.
Curve your fingers & use your finger tipson the "A" string.
Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "A" sting withyour bow."
Third Finger "C#"
Hot Cross Buns on the "A" String
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Climbing Up and Down
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Jump Right In
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We Can All Read!
Name the notes writtenon the staff below.
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Meet the Mr. "D"
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To play our new note, place the first,second, third & fourth fingers of your lefthand down on the "A" string's first four tapes.
Curve your fingers & use your finger tipson the "A" string.
Relax your thumb.
Press firmly and play the "D" sting withyour bow.
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Fourth Finger "D"
My Sombrero
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The Eagle Waltzy " g " g! y " g " g! .
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Pencil and Eraser Waltzy ! ! " ! ! g ! ! y ! !
70 Buffalo Gals
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Tied Score
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A "tie" is a curved line that connects twoor more notes of the same pitch.
Hold the note for the combined valueof the notes.
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Looby Loo
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TIE
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73 Camptown Races
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A - D - E - G - F# - B
Draw the notes on the staff.
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To play our new note, play youropen "G" string (fattest string).
Open "G" is below the music staff.
It is the lowest sounding note on the violin. t
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My Low, Fat "G"
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Grandma's Tune
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Shortnin' BreadMama's Little Baby Loves
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Pop Corn
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Oh Susannah
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Piano
Forte
Cabbage Song
Play with a soft volume.
Play with a loud volume.
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Humpty Dumpty
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Move you bow in the same direction for the slurred notes. Don't stopthe bow. Use an equal amount of bow for each note in the slur.
A SLUR is a curved line that connects two notes of different pitches.
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Slippery Slurs
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My Dog and Me
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Clowns of Paris
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Ode to Joy
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