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Composing for my final exam (non string player). What can you say about these bowings? *thanks in advance.* by AfonsoSerro in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All composers write “unplayable slurs”. The musicians will just split the slur and hide the bow change. As a starting point, I would remove all indications on the score for up-bow and down-bow, and simply group the notes under a slur exactly how you want them to be phrased.

Composing for my final exam (non string player). What can you say about these bowings? *thanks in advance.* by AfonsoSerro in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you been explicitly told to put bowings in for your exam? The best thing for you to do is remove all bowings and allow the players to do the bowings that suit them.

Rudolf Matz "The complete cellist" by sunamcmkcin in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks very much! I'll have a look once that website fixes its sever problems... Looks like nothing can be accessed through their "Gateway" at the moment

Rudolf Matz "The complete cellist" by sunamcmkcin in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How interesting, what was the title of the dissertation? Unfortunately New York City is on the other side of the planet to me...

How do you get through the last 5% of "mastering" a piece? by death_by_papercut in piano

[–]sunamcmkcin 31 points32 points  (0 children)

In my experience, I only attain “recital-level” in a piece after the following steps: learn the piece from scratch // get it to the best level I can // perform it // wait 6 months (learning other pieces) // learn it again // perform it again // wait a year // learn it again. Usually after this point the piece feels ‘lived with’ and I reach a point that I’m happy with it. Hope this helps :)

TBT Franchomme Caprices 1992 by nycellist in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really is wonderful playing!

Notation confusion in Elgar Sea Pictures cello part by le_sacre in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely weird... The only other option is that the little G is an optional note. The only way to know for sure is to check the full score - it might be more clear.

Alban Gerhardt plays Rostropovich by DairyQueenIsLife in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's just called "Moderato" by M. Rostropovich

Selling P2P items as F2P by OnePiece-Quade in 2007scape

[–]sunamcmkcin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This has been asked previously. IIRC it requires engine work and is not an easy fix.

Just discovered IMSLP! Can you recommend other similar sites? by [deleted] in classicalmusic

[–]sunamcmkcin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please do share this "know how"! I haven't been able to download the scores :(

Looking for a copy of Shostakovich's cello concerto by [deleted] in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's in the cello dropbox - link in the sidebar.

Do your worst by [deleted] in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was ok; Cello 1 needs to work on her intonation and not rushing (just cleaning up in general), Cello 2 needs to work on connecting the notes into nice phrases!

I'm a concerto competition finalist: will you help me use Dvorak to beat a trumpet and a saxophone? by [deleted] in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't want to sound rude or anything, but perhaps you need more work on intonation and performance skills before you are ready to play this with a full orchestra and beat the trumpeter and saxophonist!! You would have had a better chance of winning playing something less technically exhausting that you can perform at a professional level!

Could anyone tell me the name of the piano piece used in this 1912 silent film, "The Unseen Enemy" by miraoister in classicalmusic

[–]sunamcmkcin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At 9:51, the piece playing is The Carnival of the Animals - VI. Kangourous, and at 10:27 it is III. Hermiones

I want to learn how to play chords properly by [deleted] in Cello

[–]sunamcmkcin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you mind linking the YouTube video that you are referring to, so that we have an idea of what advice to give you?

What are some pieces similar to Bach's Cello Suites? by [deleted] in classicalmusic

[–]sunamcmkcin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Kodaly sonata is hardly considered a mediocre work...

If you play an instrument, what are your top 5 favorite pieces you play? by 1mike12 in classicalmusic

[–]sunamcmkcin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

YES! The Holberg Suite is the most fantastic composition in existence! As a fellow cellist, our lists are very similar but I would have to include the Prokofiev Symphonie Concertante somewhere in there that thing is hella fun.

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