The Violoncello Studies by Bernhard Cossmann (1822-1910) provide specific exercises for the development of the left hand such as double-stop trill studies, finger dexterity exercises, chord, scale, and thumb position studies which intensively include the use of the fourth finger in particular. This is what gives these studies their special value and makes them indispensable to the training as a cellist. They are aimed at the advanced pupil and student, but also at the professionally trained cellist who wants to improve and maintain the dexterity and velocity of the left-hand fingers by means of short exercises.
Playing double stops strengthens your fingers, helps you build a good left hand position, and improves your tone.
Exercises and short fiddle tunes are used to teach double stop techniques, such as switching fingers across strings.
Teachers can use this book as a supplement to other methods and study books.
115 Famous Concert Pieces for Violoncello and Piano with Soft Cover
Mendelssohn, Song without Words for Cello (or viola) and Piano (Schott)
Improve your cello bowing technique! This book teaches string-crossing technique on the cello with open-string studies that allow you to focus on the right hand.
Through the use of staccato bowing to encourage precisely-timed string crossing, these cello studies can help you develop bow control, smooth and even string crossing, and a more beautiful tone.
This book could be followed by String Crossing for the Cello, Book Two, which uses double stops to work on balance between two strings as a fundamental principle behind string crossing.
