Cello Grade 5: Scales & Arpeggios

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine your cello strings are like a ladder 🪜. A scale is climbing up the ladder one rung at a time!

2. 2

   When you play a scale, do your fingers go up one at a time or jump around?

3. 3

   Tap the notes of a D major scale on the fingerboard below. Start on D and go up 8 notes!

4. 4

   Let's do a D major scale together. Listen and watch!

5. 5

   What note comes after G in the D major scale?

6. 6

   Now try an arpeggio! An arpeggio is like jumping up the ladder skipping some rungs. Tap the notes of a D major arpeggio.

7. 7

   Which notes do you play in a D major arpeggio?