Octave Shifts for the Cello, Book One
by Cassia Harvey
- Instrumentation
- Cello
- Publisher
- C. Harvey Publications
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About this piece
Octave Shifts for the Cello, Book One gives intermediate and advanced cellists the opportunity to study and perfect the easily neglected technique of distance shifting. This book emphasizes both hearing the notes and training the arm and hand to make the shifts. Teachers can use this book as supplementary clef training, as bass, tenor, and treble clefs are all incorporated into the exercises. This book can be followed by Octave Shifts for the Cello, Book Two.
Technical overview
This intermediate cello technique book helps you work on large shifts in the neck positions.
Technical focus
- Shifting