Thank you. I’m 67 and am considering taking cello lessons to keep my mind active and finger dexterity as I enter my twilight years. I’m also deaf in one ear. Ha ha. I need a past time. I’ve sworn Off cable news so I’ve been watching your channel and the more I watch the more I am up to the challenge. You’re a very good teacher. Very basic lessons that answer all my questions. Thank you.

Today I just bought a full cello. I have played electric violin for decades literally...I'm 66. I played in many night clubs and theater. Lots of bands...play by ear with u-tube and speakers...have 5 string fiddle now. Soooo it is time for cello for me. After seeing '2 cellos' I live the tone. Thanx for you fine tips and teaching. Great stuff dude!!! You are inspiring. Don't mind my exuberance. It's a big fiddle!. My 5 string is a blend of viola and violin. Hey! Much appreciation for excellent teaching.

As someone that is beginning to teach privately I am studying these old videos, your pedagogy and technique that needs to be taught to every student is remarkable and I hope to emulate it.

This was extremely helpful!! I've been playing cello since 4th grade. I stopped playing with an orchestra and started playing with bluegrass musicians when I graduated and learned some bad habits not paying attention. I'm trying to unlearn my bad habits and your videos have helped me a lot!

I need to start learning cello so I can join my highschool orchestra and these videos have helped a lot. Thank you

Jonathan your videos are awesome. I have learnt so much already- coming to cello new as a mature a student who played violin 20 years ago. Thank you

"ROUND THE NECK OF A GOOSE, 'MKAY!" I snorted lol love it

You are my favorite youtuber, thank you so much for making these videos! They're so lighthearted and aren't overwhelming. Thank you again!

I guess I’m pretty late to this party, but I want to let you know how much I appreciate explanations which include the “why” along with the instruction, which makes it both interesting and easier to remember. I also really enjoy the historical tidbits along the way (viola da gamba). As an elderly newbie, my ambition mainly consists of wanting to enjoy the process of learning to make music. Thank you for your help!

I think you almost had a heart attack when your cello slide on the tile floor!! I would have to!! Luv your videos keep it up!!

Thanks for the tutorial on how to sit! Just started my cello journey in March! Your videos are super helpful! (& love Havaianas!)

Thank you all your wonderful information; you are a good teacher !

Amazing teacher, you truly have a gift!!

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This dude is simply cool. I like him

I love your teaching style. Great tips & history information. Thanks for making videos!

really interesting and useful instructions! thank you!

Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for making these cello basics! I'm just beginning my journey and before I get mine, I'm meticulously note taking & learning to read music and your videos have been a literal life saver and such pleasure to watch! Also the diagram of how to put your cello down @2:04 looks like Bobby from King of the Hill and it made me giggle so hard lol. Thanks so much Jonathan!!!!

"They don't just sit there like dead logs..." LOL!

Thank you Jonathan for your interesting and enjoyable videos.. Pretty instructive this as well!! And btw.. proud of being Italian ;O)

Hi Jonathan, now 20 -- 25. years ago I played the guitar lead guitar electric and acoustic. But I have not touched the guitar in the last 20 years. But I really do want to learn how to play the cello. I like how you explain things and I most definitely will be following your videos. So Jonathan I have to tell you thank you, forgetting me even more motivated than that what I already was and helping a lot of the younger people too...

Brilliant clarity!

Thanks, Jonathan! I'm so happy you're making these beginning cello videos (seems like just for me!). Can you take this one a little farther? How far should the endpin be pulled out? Where should the instrument rest on the body? At what angle should the cello be to the body? What angle should the instrument be to the floor (vs. upright)?

This is SO helpful! I keep on injuring my back while trying to play with the torsion of the torso and I think this could solve the problem...thanks! I love your videos!

Thank you so much, you're very good in explaning, really serious. Good help!

i really really like your videos!! thank you so much :)

VERY helpful!!!!!

Thank you for your the way you cover everything. Plain and simple. I’m very new to owning my Cello. In fact, so new I haven’t played it at all. Only have had it a week. Watching your videos to learn from the very very beginning. One question I have that I haven’t seen yet. How much of the face of the Bow Hair touches the Cello String ? The full width of it ? One edge of it ? Could you cover this. Thank you.

I started about a month ago and instinctively put my cello on the ground exactly this way! It seemed the most "stable" form. Nice! :D

I love how in love you are with the cello

My bottom sometimes falls asleep during my lesson with my teacher. lol I think I will invest in one of those cushions!!

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Any suggestions on bow hold for people with small hands? After about 20 minutes I cramp up. I also noticed the extension between 3rd and 4th fingers is awkward. Again, small hands (so my instructor says). Any insight would be welcome

Podrías subtitular tus vídeos en español? Gracias

Last time our seniors put it on the sitting chair, with the left side of the 'C' curve on the edge of the chair and the whole cello looks like in 45 degree slanting and leaning against the sitting chair without keeping the end pin back into the sound box again.

This was very helpful , my question is that is it okay to put the cello on its back ( i dont mean the bridge) when it's in its case?

When practice is over and the cello is properly secured in the case, should it remain upright or on its side?

Larger people may find that their chest/stomach area acts as a fulcrum which makes the Peg box stick too far out from the players neck. if the end pin is extended and the cello is placed further away then there will be a bowing problem. The use of a 'Bent End Pin' could be the solution to this problem as it lifts the Cello Body more horizontal, however the cost of a 'Stahlhammer' bent end pin is about £250 (inc P&P).

That cello looks wonderful, where did you get it and who is the maker?

I have a drum stool with a saddle shaped seat...cosy comfortable.

Is chin cello or cello da spalla any different than posture?

Question: should your endpin be positioned precisely in front of the middle of your body (and therefore should the cello slightly slant to the left), or should the pin be in line with your the middle of your left hip so that the cello stands perfectly straight?

what is your preferred cello size

What about the legs the bow always hit my legs in this position

Are you using "Havaianas" ?

Why am I watching cello videos literally while playing guitar... :)

Or put blocks on the hind legs of the chair.

Please!

My advice: buy a cello stand. There are several models to hold your cello safely. I have one portable, excellent, all in wood and light, safe, I bought here in Germany. I have the room where I keep my things and play cello, where I keep my cello as well in its case, when I am not playing. Once I start practicing I have the cello stand. I don't let it on its side either because I have seen the damage caused by students that fell upon their cellos when leaving the instrument on its side. Many students have little children at home or a pet. Accidents happen. Don't be the next. My advice is: buy your cello stand and pay an insurance. If something happens the insurance will pay to fix it or pay you a new one. That's my advice based in what I have seen happening around. Another thing I have in my room: a yoga mat. If I have to put it on its side, it's over the mat then I am back, I take it from it just like he showed in the video...but I don't let anybody go in my music room if I am not there. I keep it locked. You have to find a place at home that's safe and that you can keep locked or away from trouble.

Cello posture seems more difficult than violin viola and even upright base

Maybe I ask sir, what size is your cello?

3:30 I'm in a wheelchair so my legs are just hanging there like dead logs 🤣

Pablo Casals parked his cello up against the chair and left the room. !

Should I get a teacher or just try and follow all of your videos first??

I saw a video about the problems a 5-11-1/2" cellist faces. She has to carry her own fold up chair to recitals. I'm 5'-10"...here's hoping I won't have to get a special chair.😂

Why do you love the Butt Pads so much?

Ummmm...I'ee never understood really why any cello is laid on the ground. No matter how cheap they are....though, in a junior high school class I CAN understand why they wouldn't have a stand next to each chair. Cost. And more so with a cello like yours from Edgar Russ...WHY???? :) Why would you not have a stand?? :) And why do you have tape on the neck board under the strings...as we'd find on a guitar? Again...on a Edgar Russ... Side note...I find it interesting and ironic that no sting instrument luthier has access to the trees used to make Strads...ideas why not? Is it the "cost of admission?" I ask because SI know 2 grand piano makers who DO. And I don't think Stradivari made piano's. :) Just violins and cello's.