Sheet Music, Scores

If you want to get some sheet music ranging from beginner to expert check 8notes.com. Oh, and some are free. :)

The String Zone

I totally forgot about sharing the link to an online cello shop that I found and have bought stuff.

It is a very nice shop,  the most complete I've found, with very good costumer relation and very nice prices.

I absolutely recommend The String Zone.

Comment on your experience. :)

Cello Bows and Literature

I was searching for literature and information about cello bows and came across a very nice selection of articles in a Australian music store called SharMusic.

Nice articles for those who like to read about the cello bow.

Too bad it's Australian, I was hoping to buy stuff from them. You know... without all those extra shipping cost.

Cello Lessons - Hans "Enke" Zentgraf

Hello,

in this post I would like to share with you a very good set of lessons in YouTube. These are cello lessons for begginers by a known cellist Hans "Enke" Zentgraf.

This is the first lesson:

To get access to all the lessons available follow this link to view the YouTube playlist.

Have fun!

Cello Online

Hey,

A very good resource to start is Cello Online it offer a very good starting point.

Wikipedia and the Cello

Hello everybody, in this post I have the first link to help you start to know the cello instrument.

Link: Wikipedia Cello

Have fun!

First Post

Hello every body, if the is anyone reading this blog.

Today I'm posting about this blog, why I created it, and how I'm planing to organize it.

Something about me: I began thinking about play the cello because I was looking for a hobby, something that made me escape

 for the daily activities. After searching 

for hobbies I remembered "how about learning an instrument?". I don't remember very well why I thought of the cello, but anyway I thought about it.

The first thing I did was searching for information about beginning to play the cello. The information I got was: Go to the local luthier or music shop and try as many cellos as possible. Well that was a huge problem since there are many shop here in Porto, but none had even a single cello to try out. *eye rolling*

Anyway, eventually I went to a shop that told me that they had a cello in the store. When they show me the "cello", I told the lady of the store: "I don't know much about cellos, but that seems to a Double Bass (1/4

)!!". In fact, it was really a small Double Bass, labeled as a cello. I thought to myself: "Damn, that's some big ass cello! :P"

After a conversation they agreed to order a cello and have me try it out.

(Days later)

Went to the store and finally saw a cello (live) for the first time in my life. The cello is such a beautiful piece of art. One of the greatest things invented.

The cello was a Stagg .

As I knew nothing about cellos that seemed like a very good instrument, and I reeeeeaaallly wanted a cello so I bought it. It came with everything for a beginner to start playing.

The cello came with the bridge not yet put in place.

The guy working at the store put the bridge in place and I started to play, to feel if it was possible for me the play the cello. It worked out great. Except for the part that I played as good as the sound of shatered glass. :P

My next posts will be about the bridge (which was not correctly put in place, but that's another story), about where I began to search for resources and lessons (will share, promise!), the problems I encountered and how I solved them, and so on.

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