So helpfu! My sound was instantly better.

Brilliant tutorial ❤

You have a gift for communicating clearly so a newbie like me can understand and experience what you are talking about. I can’t thank you enough!

Thank you so much!

We need more cello videos

Your bow series lessons really help me a lot. Looking forward to your Vibrato series.

Thanks for videos! I’m a flutist learning to play my dad’s cello. I appreciate the clear and practical advice you give in your videos

Thank you for explaining this so well!! I will share this with my students that have a tendency to hold back their full sound potential. Great detail and so easy to follow. I look forward to your next video!

I love your videos Maki!! Keep them coming 😛

My sound on cello was so bad and then i used my upper back to pull the bow like you said and I sounded a lot better! Thank you so much!!!

This is so helpful! Thank you very much. I admire the way you explain how things work.

Great talk, I had problems with too much pressure on my bow, it's a negative feedback where the more I don't hear the volume the more I apply pressure to the bow. It'd be great if you can talk about cello angles height, player arm length, because I think it greatly contribute to feeling the back activation more as well.

gratitude

Thank you!

I think you've hit on my situation. I'm 64 and have spent too much work time in what I call the Praying Mantis pose...in other words hunched over a computer. When I began playing 20 months ago, it was really tough. The chest muscles are collapsed in while my back is overly lax. I worked with a theraband for a while. Looks like I maybe have to get back to that if I'm to solve my sound problems. Thanks.

What type of Endpin do you use since it has an effect on the color of sound?

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