Instrument Level Cello - Level 5

READ THIS FIRST: Notes to Composers 

 

General recommendations:

Speed: Slow to Allegro

Length: 200 measures (including multi-movement)

Rhythm:  complex rhythms, but still no cross rhythms.

Playable Notes and Skills
  • 3-octave range.  
  • Some double stops. 
  • Chromatic scales of 1 octave.  
  • Vibrato.
Things to Avoid
  • Too many double stops.  
  • Quick or consecutive position shifts.