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    Yellow Cello Music: Vibrato Exercises For Cello

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    The document describes various vibrato exercises for cellists, including exercises using a metronome, scales, shifting between notes, and applying vibrato to pieces of music.

    The exercises include practicing vibrato with a metronome, changing notes within a scale with and without vibrato, holding a note with vibrato, shifting between notes with vibrato, and applying vibrato to sections of a piece of music.

    Exercise 3 involves playing a note with and without vibrato to check for tension in the body. It also involves continuing vibrato after stopping the bow to let the note ring, in order to practice vibrato control and relaxation.

    Yellow 

    Cello Music
    Vibrato Exercises for Cello

    For a single performer

    Brought to you by www.musicaneo.com ▪ Search for: SM­000203547
    Vibrato Exercises
    to accompany the vibrato excercise video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9l19qENrcs
    Sheryl Smith

    Exercise 1 - with metronome. Start with metronome on 40, and vibrate each note for one whole bow,
    counting triplets on each beat. So, one triplet = down, down, down. Use a scale or any notes.
    Gradually increase metronome speed. Triplets 80 beats per minute is a nice goal! Accent the first
    note of each triplet with the right hand.
    etc.
    ? 44 w #w w
    w w #w w w

    Exercise 2 - scales. Change notes with bow

    ? ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w
    ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
    ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙

    Exercise 2 - scales. Change notes in mid-bow.

    ? ˙ ˙ ˙
    ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
    ˙ ˙ ˙

    ?˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙
    ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙

    Exercise 2 - Scales. Add a note scale. Vibrate the top note of each run until you are happy with the
    vibrato. Change bows as needed. This teaches you how to move into vibrato after playing a few notes
    with no vibrato. "Vibrato on the fly"

    ≥
    ?U ≥ U ≥ U ≥ U ≥ U
    œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ etc.

    U U ≥
    ? ≥ ≥
    œ œ œ
    U
    œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
    œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

    © Sheryl Smith 2013 www.yellowcellomusic.com

    All rights on this work are reserved to the copyright owner(s). Any unauthorized use, especially making copies and performing
    the work publicly, may be prosecuted. Refer to www.musicaneo.com to see if licenses for public performances are available.
    2 Vibrato Exercises

    Exercise 3 - Held note vibrato exercise (any note)


    Play note with vibrato. Stop vibrato. Did any part
    Play note, no vibrato. Still relaxed? Check shoulders, of your body relax when you
    Note how body feels. arm, hand. stopped the vibrato?
    U
    w U
    w U
    w
    ?

    Practice last note technique. Pretend this is the last note of your piece. Vibrate note (any note), then
    stop bowing and try to keep the vibrato going after the bow stops. Try to let the cello ring.

    U
    w U
    ? ∑

    Exercise 4 - shifting. Vibrate a note. Shift to another note without stopping the vibrato.
    Play this very slowly, vibrate slowly, listen carefully! Find shifts in pieces that you are working
    on, and play them using this exercise.
    1 3
    ˙ 4 1
    4
    ˙ #˙ 3 ˙2
    ? ˙1 ˙ # ˙3 ˙ ˙ ˙2 43

    Exercise 5 - Piece vibrato. Pick a piece that you are working on, and create an exercise as
    shown below for The Swan. Start with holding each note long enough to get a good vibrato.
    Change bows as needed. Only vibrate on the notes that you would vibrate on when playing
    up to tempo. Note that the last B does not have a fermata - I have chosen to not vibrate that note.
    U
    œ #Uœ U U
    œ U
    œ U U̇ U̇.
    ? 43 œ œ œ œ

    Repeat the above with a metronome, for example, at quarter note = 40. Vibrate 3 times for each
    quarter note. Slowly raise metronome marking, and increase number of vibrations per beat. Consider
    leaving out the original bowing back in until you feel comfortable with the vibrato - otherwise it might
    be too much to think about!
    œ #œ œ œ
    ? œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙.

    All rights on this work are reserved to the copyright owner(s). Any unauthorized use, especially making copies and performing
    the work publicly, may be prosecuted. Refer to www.musicaneo.com to see if licenses for public performances are available.

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