Jumping Two Strings

Any time the bow jumps over one string entirely rather than crossing simply to the neighbouring string.

Popper Cello Étude No. 1

Bow Circles, Bow Fingertip Connection, Bow Wrist, Chromatic Harmony, Jumping Two Strings, Shifting, Staccato, String Crossing, Thumb Position, Thumb Position 4th Finger /

Teaching Notes for Popper Cello Étude No. 1 The first Popper Étude brings a significant number of challenges. Primarily a study for the bow staccato, the challenge is to always have clarity of sound and a very precise left hand and right hand coordination. Practicing this with the bow only on open strings first is […]

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Popper Cello Étude No. 11

Bow Circles, Bow Fingertip Connection, Chromatic Harmony, Détaché Bow Stroke, Jumping Two Strings, Shifting, String Crossing /

Teaching Notes for Popper Cello Étude No. 11 We laughed a lot in this super fun Popper session with the wonderful Dr. Erin Ellis of West Virginia University. This study is one of the first that Erin assigns to students, but don’t be fooled! There’s PLENTY to work on in this study, including string crossings,

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Popper Cello Étude No. 19

Bow Circles, Bow Fingertip Connection, Bow Wrist, Détaché Bow Stroke, Jumping Two Strings, Shifting, Staccato, String Crossing, Thumb Position /

Teaching Notes for Popper Cello Étude No. 19 The Lohengrin étude takes a line from the famous Wagner opera and basically expands on the techniques required in the opera. It’s similar (but more difficult!) to Popper 1 in that we have triplet staccato notes throughout. It is important here to have a real connection with

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