http://celloetudes.tumblr.com/
I *really wish* that more advanced cellists/musicians would do things like this (post about their learning/practice process)
In general, I wish that more college or post-college players would blog - there is so much to learn - especially with all the different teachers out there ... this seems to be a really under-represented group in the blogging community.
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Mike - this is awesome! I went to performance of the cello choir at Georgia State University yesterday. Great cello program there under Martha Gershefski. I have always heard great things about her teaching and as I was watching the concert, I was thinking that it would be so great if they all blogged so that I could learn from their experiences.
I think I might add my practice of Popper etudes and Piatti Caprices to my blog. Would be fun to read back on it in the future.
PS - this cellist memorized Popper 8 in 4 days. 45 min/ day practice. Didn't even occur to me to memorize the Popper etudes much less do it in short of a time frame.
This cellist has also completed his masters.
I try to memorize whenever possible - because then you will always have it with you.
I'm going to try doing something similar to this project, with the Dotzauer Etudes (memorizing 1 a week) ... I've been meaning to do it for a while.
You should email the teacher at Georgia & see if you can convince her to get some of her students to try it.
I'd definitely love to read about your progress on Popper/Piatti.
Good luck!
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