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Summary: 1.) Play as good as possible without vibrato. Let the musicality come from your right hand 2.) Use 2/3 of the bow. Helps with bow distribution 3.) Play at 2x the normal tempo for slow pieces. Helps with viewing the big picture and phrases of the piece 4.) Record yourself. Helps identify your bad habits and mistakes Thank you for the advice!

OH yes the 2/3 bow exercise!! Brilliant!

Expected tip: 1) scales 2) arpeggios 3) more scales 4) more arpeggios Tips: real gold :'-) this is wonderful! thank you!!!!!

That vibrato advice is so valuable! For all instruments, not just string instruments, there is a danger in losing the magic of vibrato when it just becomes habit. Muchas gracias por este video

After using this method, I feel my playing is much better, especially the quality of the sound!

This is interesting! I studied cello 4 years at the university with a Mexican cello professor (great teacher). She always admonished me NOT to play scales with vibrato but didn't really explain why. I probably tend to use less vibrato than most cellists. Thanks so much for the tips!

Great advice! I wish this gentleman had been my 'cello teacher when I was at school.

Great tips about the no vibrato practice Pablo! Always enjoy your videos!

I started to play the cello at 23. Now im 49. I left the cello for years. However, I still play it. I haven't had the consistency and the discipline but I want to come back to playing seriously. Watching you play has encouraged me again after so long.. ❤❤❤

Plus when you turn on that recorder your stress level goes up so you easily see what passages are not rock solid.

A pleasure, as always, listening to your videos. This is a great little video, only 7 min but full of invaluable advices. Thanks a lot!!

Senior ferrandez, I've been following you for a while now but it's my first time commenting. I think we all expect so much of KZfaq that we sometimes don't value the work of some people. Having an incredible professional soloist, helping us practice, get better with our instrument, creating an incredible space around the cello is just priceless. I really want to thank you for everything you do for us, you are an amazing cellist and an incredible human being. We will do the best to always follow your videos and give you our feedback : it will be our way of thanking you! Personal suggestion : it would be incredible to do a video series where we could send you videos of us playing and you could do a comment on it. Just a thought! Thank you again for everything, take good care of yourself and your family Pablo, Theodore from France

Buenas tardes. Soy una persona adulta que lleva poco tiempo estudiando el violonchelo y me gustaría un tutorail de dobles cuerdas. Gracias. He visto tus videos por casualidad y me pareces un chelista fantático.

I’m playing French Horn what am I doing here😂 But it was still interesting:)

Your ability to communicate core concepts for cellists is outstanding and the sign of a fine instructor. Thank you for helping cellists benefit from your guidance.

Thank you I will try to be mindful in my practice no vibrato will be easy (I haven't learned that yet😓)

Now you make me want to go back to the Rachmaninoff! Lovely playing really!

Gracias Pablo!

Thank you Pablo.

Gracias Pablo!!!

Obrigado por estar passando esse conhecimento!

Excelente!! Los pondré en practica

These tips are gold!!! Thanks so much.

Genial!!! Ya los anoté y los pondré en práctica💕. Muchas gracias, Pablo!!!

Me encanta el vídeo-fantasticos consejos! Gracias!

Genial !!! Lo voy a poner en practica hoy mismo ! Mil gracias por compartir tantos videos con estos consejos ! Son inestimables !

Increíble contenido, gracias por compartirlo con todos nosotros!

Palabras de un hombre sabio y gran artista.

Pablo, desde hace ya un año vengo siguiendo todas tus recomendaciones con excelentes resultados. Y me anima a seguir explorando cada vez mas. GRACIAS

Thanks for the tips Pablo, I actually play classical guitar but these tips are just as relevant. I really enjoy watching your lessons and other videos.

I never would have considered recording myself if I didn’t watch this video. Thank you!

¡Muchas gracias por compartir! Aprendo mucho de tus videos 🙂 Saludos desde México

thank you very much for making these videos available and with Portuguese subtitles! really helped me

Ótima dica❤️🎶

Thank you so much🙏

This advice has proved absolutely my go to saviour for my practice. Gratitude for your time in share your knowledge.

You are a god amongst men!

Great tips! Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this video! I've been looking for ways to improve my playing, because sometimes when I practice my violin it feels like I'm repeating my mistakes. I will definitely try these. Wish me luck 😊

ME ENCANTA!! Se ve increíble 😍😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 And the exercises are next level!!! Brutal ❤️

Gracias por tus consejos, muy útiles también para violinistas 👍👍

Fantástico!!Vou praticar!!Abraços aqui do Brasil!!

Muchísimas Gracias Pablo,de verdad que se nota tu humildad y lo buen ser humano que sos,cualquier otro músico se hubiese guardado,sus secretos para el. Y vs en cambio lo compartiste con los demás, Mil Graciaaas ¡Crack!.

brilliant thank you

Muchas gracias Pablo! Execelente vídeo, y consejos para el estudio Saludos desde México!

Muchas Gracias Pablo por todos tus consejos y vídeos. Soy una fiel seguidora y estoy muy contenta porque me ayuda mucho. Por favor sigue con estas clases son de gran ayuda.Un afectuoso saludo de tu alumna Marian

This is wonderful! Thank you for these amazing exercises!

Another great video, Pablo! Thanks a lot for this.

Great tips, even helpful for pianists!

I love these videos! Thanks Pablo

Excellent tips. Thank you so much.

Thanks a lot!

I'm so glad I found this channel

Thanks for this, this is very inspiring!

Thank you so much 😊

Thank You for your generosity

Amazing tips!! Thank you Pablo :)

Very useful thanks 😊

Thank you so much for the tips!

Gracias, joya de video!

Seriously, this is so good! I asked my student to play everything without vibrato today and focus making nice sound and phrasing just with RH. Their sound improved tremendously in just an hour lesson! Thank you so much for these valuable advices!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Wish u come to Malaysia perform one day!!!

Thank you, excellent

Thank you very much for tips !

Muy buenos tips muchas gracias

Thank you so much for helping to improve my level, really enjoy it ! i m a violinist , hope to see more like this useful tips for all string instrument !!

Thank you so much! These are so helpful!

Very good ideas

Very good ideas, thank you!

Great video, thank you! You keep me motivated to keep practising and improving. Your videos are really useful.

Tks

Gracias por compartir tu conocimiento amigo :)

Dicas preciosíssimas, já votarei em ação com meu violino

Excellent points and artistic beautiful playing!!

I know what you're talking about, but I'll apply it to your practice again. Thank you always. ♥

Thank you for these exercises! Can you give us more tips to have a higher efficiency of practising.

Gracias pablo..un saludo desde madrid

Really helpful and nice tips! a lot of thanks Pablo :)

I was wondering how beneficial non-vibrato practice could be. Definitely giving it a try now! Thanks!

Great tips for expressive playing! (very well applicable to the violin as well)

I do like your "tips" video a lot, they are always unexpected. As others in the comments section I was expected, "do your scales first thing, bla bla bla...". The usual 😂. For tip number one, I thought you will just talk about how working with no vibrato will help improving intonation, that's what we're used to hear about vibrato, how it could get in your way to developping spot-on intonation, but I did not expect the point you made about the bow control, because that's so very true. It is indeed much easier to focus on your bow control when you're playing without vibrato. Like the vibrato is suppose to do all the work to convey the phrase emotions when the bow control have so much to do wih it and is quite left out ! It is a very good point. Second one is totally new to me either, I never thought about how it helps with bow control to do that exercice with limited bow length. The 3rd tip, I discovered it by accident, I was tired of practicing and just speeded up to finish the piece quicker and...well, you do get a "zoom-out" image of the melody you're playing !

I love you bro! 🤗

Gracias por compartir, realmente me fueron muy útiles tus consejos, ahora voy a probar estos nuevos tips, tendràs alguna recomendación para el saltellato? por ejemplo si lo practico repitiendo la misma nota 4 veces, en las primeras 2 repeticiones generalmente pierdo calidad de sonido hasta lograr hacer vibrar la cuerda correctamente

The Bitter must come before the sweet; and that also will make the sweet sweeter. Thanks for your share

Thanks Pablo! I always feel like dropping what ever m doing and picking up my cello whenever I see your video. Can you share the kind of notes you make when u listen to your own recordings?

but make it sound good.......yes good advice

Awesome phrasing-so convincing that vibrato nearly diminished it. Can you explain the flip of your hand in your bow changes?

Have you ever recommended metronomes? Using one to the smallest beats and playing to ths metronome speed is very useful. I've done this. And i still do it.

Thank you for these, I think they will be very helpful! I tend to lean on vibrato a little too much, haha. I was wondering, could you make a video on techniques for using your 4th finger/pinky finger? I play the violin and cello and my 4th finger is pretty rubbish on both but especially on cello. And 4th finger vibrato is difficult. Thanks!

Gracias por tan interesantes consejos. Que Tablet tienes que puedes realizar tus anotaciones,? que Software utilizas?

muchas gracias por los consejos! una consulta :que aplicación utilizas para hacer viedollamada en los talking cello??

I have been watching your video. I am blind completely, and never played it inside, and I have started playing the cello and practicing. I’ve tried to do everything by hearing if I could ask and it may be a dumb question. What is that song that you were playing so beautifully it I hear it in my dreams now, I would love to play that. Thank you

Thank you so much for all these amazing tips and videos pablo. It’s so encouraging and perfect. Some suggestions for future videos: cello pain - it can be hard to tell when the pain we feel is normal vs a problem. Also how to practice scales and sight-reading in various clefs. Thank you so much!!

Great advice! What is the piece you're playing in this video?

Hola Pablo. Qué software usas en la Tablet para ir corrigiendo con una especie de lápiz digital? Gracias de nuevo por tus vídeos

Thankyou so helpful .How tight do tighten your bow please. Paula

Admirado Pablo, toda la razón con lo del vibrato, igual me sucede que quiero sonar con dulzura y emoción, pero, debes saber que hasta sin vibrato suenas de maravilla jejejeje, seguiré trabajando y tomando tus valiosos consejos, muchas gracias, Maestro!!!🎵🎻🎶

Thank you :-) Can you (or anyone else) tell me what tablet and software you are using in the video to store/read/annotate your scores? Thanks.

Really really nice video. What strings do you use? Thank you very much!

Very helpful! What is that beautiful melody you're playing? I'd love to get the music.