Hand tension can feel like it's coming from your fingers, but Richard Aaron shows it almost always starts higher up. Looping a rubber band around your bicep gives you a physical reminder to keep releasing it, so your vibrato stays free.
In this series of lessons, master cello professor Richard Aaron breaks down the fundamentals of cello playing and illustrates how the body must work in tandem with the cello to produce the best results. From a deep analysis of his legendary scale book to cutting-edge experimentation with a laser beam and the shapes the bow makes, from left-hand shifting to right-hand techniques, this is a wide-ranging course on the “how-to” of all things cello. In addition to guiding us through the many custom exercises and methods he has developed over the years, he also uses examples from Duport and Popper to illustrate the most important principles of cello playing and explains how to apply these principles to all the repertoire we encounter.
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