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Title: Cello Technique: Principles and Forms of Movement by Gerhard Mantel, Barbara Haimberger Thiem, Thiem Barbara Haimberger, Janos Starker ISBN: 0-253-21005-4 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (4 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: The worst book I have ever read
Comment: The author of this book goes out of his way to impress the reader with his use of vocabulary. Further, he complicated each idea with unnecessary technical writing. If you want a book that will help you improve your playing, look elsewhere. If you want a book on the academic, overly technical study of how physics and the physical movements of playing the cello interact, then this is your book. In my opinion, the author has attempted with all 230 pages to impress the reader with his technical knowledge of everything but playing the cello. There is not one chapter or idea that is clearly and concisely presented.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very helpful for beginners
Comment: I'm a complete beginner on the 'cello. This book answered a lot of my questions about the mysteries of basic bow movement, finger placement, etc. Most importantly, it has a very substantial discussion of the physical mechanics of one's body when playing. Obviously, reading is no substitute for the experience of actual playing, but the book provides a very solid conceptual framework for understanding what is going on. I have a much better understanding of why certain movements produce good sound and others don't. The book doesn't quite get the full five-star rating because the language (from the German author in translation) is sometimes a little stilted for modern American readers. With only a second reading, though, it is much more clear. Highly recommended.
Rating: 3
Summary: Review of cello technique
Comment: I found this book difficult to read. It seems that to me the difficulty is because the translation into the English language is not always smooth. I found that I had to read and reread some of the paragraphs because it was technical in it's thinking. Physics is interesting, but since I do not think about physics everyday, many times I felt like "what did it say"? I feel this is more of a textbook than a How To Book.
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Title: Art of Cello Playing by Louis Potter ISBN: 0874870712 Publisher: Warner Brothers / Summy-Birchard Publications Pub. Date: June, 1980 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Tipbook - Cello : The Best Guide to Your Instrument by Hugo Pinksterboer ISBN: 9076192472 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Never Too Late: My Musical Life Story by John Caldwell Holt ISBN: 0201567636 Publisher: Perseus Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Cambridge Companion to the Cello by Robin Stowell ISBN: 0521629284 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 28 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: New Directions in Cello Playing by Victor Sazer ISBN: 0944810039 Publisher: Of Note Pub. Date: 07 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.95 |
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