Absolutely. As a pianist I do a lot of embellishment up and down my keys. However, strings instruments have so much possibilites in terms of playing just the one sound or chord. There are so many nuances. Just beautiful.

Such a wonderful useful video! Well done

I have been trying to play on cello my favourite worship songs for a while... finally I can, thank you so much for this awesome video

Hello Joy! I'm new to the Cello. I have watched many of your beginning videos. They have been extremely helpful! This one confirmed my approach to playing with charts. Music theory 101. This is the same approach I use for playing bass. Thanks for the confirmation.

Thanks Sarah. This was informative. I am trying to understand the cello in order to arrange instruments as support for my piano. I found that the cello has absolutely beautiful sound since it can be handle playful melodies, but does it with very dark and expressive tones. I am gonna binge watch Your videos now. :D

Thank you for this insight...🌹

Such freedom to create on the cello . Very enjoyable. Thank you Sarah.

incredible sarah hope you keep on posting such videos

This was so helpful thank you!

beautiful as always. xx

OMG yass!! This will be very helpful when I make covers on my cello.

Nice video. I'm a guitar player who's learning to play cello in a contemporary worship setting, so this is the kind of stuff I'm mostly trying to work on. I definitely need to up my arpeggio game! Another technique I like to use is to outline the chords with walking lines in sixths because they are really easy to play, and you can also catch two chord tones at once, and pay a bit more thought to voice leading that just using block chords. Of course, it will take some extra preparation to do this well until you get the hang of it. As to cello parts being more interesting than guitar parts, it depends A LOT on the player and also what one finds interesting in music. Cello parts in popular music are usually more interesting in terms of melodic content, but, while an acoustic guitar plays chords and certainly *can* play melodies, the most effective way to approach the instrument in most ensembles is to think of it as a percussion instrument. It may just be strumming chords, but often the more interesting thing is how it chooses to accent various subdivisions of the beat. I believe cellists do not think in these terms as often (of course, there are also cello players who reinforce the rhythm very effectively, especially in popular all-cello ensembles like 2Cellos and Apocalyptica). I also tend to think more in terms of melodies than rhythmic accents, which is one of the reasons I think cello is probably a better fit for my brain than guitar! A good jazz guitarist will also put a lot of thought into chord voicings and voice leading in the inner voices. Cellists also think about voice leading, but more often only for one voice at a time. Very good guitar players often combine chords, basslines, melodic lines and rhythmic accents in. Here's an example of John Mayer doing just that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odqpm7uilZa2qIU.html I find this guitar part quite interesting!

You are phenomenal! This made my transition from guitar to cello make way more sense. I'm a virgin, I just learned how to rosin my bow...

Omg yes thank you this was very helpful

I love your intro!!!! And this will help me alot Thnx!!!!

Great tutorial!

thank you

Your videos have been very helpful! I have been wanting to play my cello at my church and play the hymns, but there is no cello sheet music made for those hymns. Should I try playing by ear and making my own sheet music? Thanks!

can u please do a tutorial on how to play heathens on the violin my friend would love to learn from u and she plays violin. this tutorial was awesome BTW!

This was awesome thank you:) Did you ever have the issue of having to practice in an apartment? I am going to move out soon and I am afraid I won't be able to play as much anymore because of the neighbours. (Or at least afraid I won't do the stuff that is annoying to listen to such as all of the technical things). I know I just need to use my heavy mute and play at an appropriate time, but perhaps you have other tips:).

Can't find a video worth a dime about New Standard Tuning and here I am...

At the 5:16min mark, I'm not sure why you went from G major to B major to C major. Where did the C major come from? I understand that the B major is related to the G major (part of the triad), but how does C major fit in? Thanks!

Sarah my bow broke today I have band tomorrow with no replacement bow and my bridge has move and it's has titled I'm so scared to move it I just got my cello a week ago and it's quite a lot of money what do I do

I don't mean to write a comment thats unrelated to the topic of this video, but I've watched your "how to tape first position" video and noticed in this video you have first position tape on your cello. I noticed that your tapes are straight across but when I placed the tape straight across, when I pitched checked the notes when bowed, they were a little off. It was more accurate to have the tape at an angle. I don't know if this is because there is something not quite right with my cello, or if I'm just losing it. I am assuming though that, similar to how a guitars' frets aren't "correct", as in intonation, that this concept carries over to other stringed instruments. In regards to this video, thanks for all the helpful info you give out. One reason that I am learning the cello is so that when I return home from school, I will be able to play cello on our church's worship team. Knowing how to arpeggiate chords will be a beneficial skill for me to learn.

Maybe a dumb question: but can you not just play any note in the scale of the song your playing in?? Like Key of G for example just play a G scale essentially?

I play piano but don't know how to read a chord chart. Do you have a video on that?

Is that a double bass I see? XD

oof thanks

Dear Sarah, thank you for this very useful video: it's so hard to find info about playing chords on the Cello! @mandala.borealis

the like and dislike numbers are all ones

your eyes are so beautiful

didn't make any sense, but i am only 12. still, wouldn't recommend this video.