Cello Grade 5: Technique

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Imagine your bow is a paintbrush 🖌️ and the strings are your canvas. To play smoothly, you need to keep your bow straight and your fingers relaxed.

2. 2

   What should your bow hold feel like?

3. 3

   Let's play a smooth scale on the D string. First, place your first finger on D (open D).

4. 4

   Now you try! Drag the bow across the D string to make a long, smooth sound.

5. 5

   What helps your bow stay straight?

6. 6

   Try playing a scale on the D string: open D, then first finger E, then third finger F#. Use the bow smoothly.

7. 7

   Which finger plays F# on the D string?