This is a compilation of great solos with piano accompaniment that will help hone your cellist's skills. Available on Amazon.
This is an optional book for beginners who are having a harder time learning rhythms and reading music.
We will be using Suzuki books as our main repertoire. These can be found on amazon or any local music store. It is recommended you purchase it with the CD because listening to the music is as important as learning to play it, but recordings of the pieces can also be found on YouTube.
Scales and arpeggios are required every week. This book is very comprehensive and has all the two octave scales and arpeggios your student will ever need. It can be purchased on Amazon.
If your child starts learning through their school they will already use this book at school, but if they haven't used it is a great book to learn how to read music and the basics about their instrument. Available on Amazon or any music store.
Once we have finished Suzuki Book 1 this book is necessary to learn positions on the cello. There are 2 books in the series we will use. This can be ordered on Amazon.
Once we have completed the first Position Pieces Book, we will learn tenor clef (required for upper level players). This canNOT be ordered on Amazon. You can order it on http://www.boshupress.com/.
Once we have learned tenor clef and completed the first positions book, we will start to learn thumb positions in cello.
