Early Start on the Cello, Volume 3
by Egon Sassmannshaus, Michael Corssen and Kurt Sassmannshaus
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Cello
- Publisher
- Bärenreiter (BA 8998; ISMN 979-0-006-53858-4), 72 pp. Subtitle: Elementary Duets
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About this piece
The third volume of Early Start on the Cello, by Egon Sassmannshaus and Michael Corssen, centres on duets for two cellos in various metres and keys. Recital pieces in contrasting styles, among them a Minuet by Christian Petzold and a Waltz by Franz Schubert, practise and extend the finger patterns and bow strokes of the first two volumes, including flat keys that use different finger patterns in the lower and upper octaves. Students also meet basic ornaments (trills, appoggiaturas and upper mordents), the triplet, and high first position and half position as preparation for higher positions. Many of the duets are coordinated with Volume 3 of the viola tutor, so viola and cello students can play them together.
Technical overview
Two-cello duets in first position with alternating normal and extended finger patterns, in keys such as B-flat and E major. The pieces use two- and four-note slurs, grace notes, dotted rhythms and sixteenth notes, staccato and tenuto, accents, bow retakes and dynamics from p to ff.
Technical focus
- 2 Note Slurs
- 4 Note Slurs
- Accidentals
- Bow Retakes
- Dotted Rhythms
- Dynamics
- Ensemble Skills
- Extensions
- Grace Notes
- Staccato