MusicYears 1–3Cello
Cello Grade 1: Scales & Arpeggios
C, G, D major scales, 1 octave; A minor natural/harmonic, 1 octave; arpeggios
What you'll learn
- 1
Imagine your cello strings are like a ladder. 🎻 The notes go up step by step!
- 2
What do we call going up the notes one by one?
- 3
Play the first 3 notes of the C major scale on your cello. 🎵
- 4
Let's do a C major scale together! 🎶
- 5
What note comes after D in the C major scale?
- 6
Now try an arpeggio — skip notes! Play C, then E, then G. 🎶
- 7
In a C major arpeggio, which notes do you play?
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