Position Pieces for Cello [Sheet music]

Rick Mooney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

Position Pieces for Cello is designed to give students a logical and fun way to learn their way around the fingerboard. Each hand position is introduced with exercises called "Target Practice," "Geography Quiz," and "Names and Numbers." Following these exercises are tuneful cello duets which have been specifically composed to require students to play in that hand position. In this way, students gain a thorough knowledge of how to find the hand positions and, once there, which notes are possible to play. Using these pieces (with names like "I Was a Teenage Monster," "The Irish Tenor," and "I've Got the Blues, Baby"), position study on the cello has never been so much fun!

Product Details

• Sheet music: 68 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Pub Co (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874877628
• ISBN-13: 978-0874877625
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adult Cello Student, January 28, 2008

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K. krueger (atlanta, ga, usa) - See all my reviews
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I am an adult learning the cello. I would be considered an intermediate to advanced beginner.

Position Pieces is an outstanding way to learn the positions on the cello. Some of the tunes are somewhat juvenile, but they have all challenged me.

The book also incorporates other techniques in the pieces, so it's more than just shifting. My instructor and I have enjoyed working through this book.

It would be very difficult to do if you are trying to teach yourself.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Position Studies for Cello, November 11, 2009

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J. Rothkopf "strings" (Hayesville, NC) - See all my reviews
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Being a "mature" cello student, I needed studies that would help me to visualize where I am on the cello. Though the pieces in this book are not particularly challenging, they are exactly what I need to familiarize myself with the different positions. The pieces switch back and forth from "home" (first) position to the one you are practicing, giving a valuable study in shifting to the new position. The written exercises at the beginning of each change in position are a help to establish finger spacing before starting out. I have been pleased with all the books by Rick Mooney that I have purchased (Thumb Position 1 & 2, Double Stops 1 and Position Pieces for Cello 1). Good study for any beginning student learning the different positions on the cello.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Learned a lot from this, October 29, 2010

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CelloLuva "CelloLuva" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

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My teacher uses this method book along with many others, but I like the layout of this one. It presents things in a certain order to make you understand it, and it doesn't give fingerings for every single note like some books. First couple bars or lines have the fingerings then they start getting scarcer and scarcer as the piece goes on. That way you are not using them as a crutch but if you get stumped you can look back at the beginning to figure it out. Unlike Suzuki books which offer two sets of fingers for every single note. I also like the written exercises at the beginning of each new position so that you can make sure you "get it" before you actually play. Nice musically flowing little etudes.