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​Serial Shifting; Exercises for the Cello

This book takes the cellist through the positions with basic shifting exercises.

​The studies are in rows and patterns, systematically covering "same-finger shifting," "substitution shifting," and "creeping."

The first section of the book teaches first to fourth positions, while the second half teaches first to eighth positions.

This book can follow a study of the position books (Second Position for the Cello, Third Position for the Cello, Fourth Position for the Cello, and Fifth Position for the Cello) and help the student incorporate their knowledge of individual positions into a reliable shifting technique.

Teachers can also assign this book to more advanced students to help solidify their technique as they prepare for the concerto repertoire.

This book could be followed by Shifting in Keys for Cello, Book One.

CHP106
by Cassia Harvey
38 pages
©2002 C. Harvey Publications

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Late-Intermediate Cello Study Map

Skill Training	Supplemental Left-Hand Technique	Supplemental Right-Hand Technique	Study Books
Fifth Position for the Cello	The C Major Scale Book for Cello	String Crossing for the Cello, Book Two	Warming Up for Cello, Book Two
-	The Shifting Book for Cello, Part One	-	-
-	The Two Octaves Book for Cello	-	-
Tenor Clef for the Cello	The D Major Scale Book for Cello	Bowing Studies on Arpeggios for the Cello, Book One	-
-	Serial Shifting for the Cello (#26-50)	-	-
-	Minor Scale Studies for the Cello, Book Two	-	-
-	Finger Exercises for the Cello, Book Three	-	-
-	Octave Shifts for the Cello, Book One	-	-
-	Workouts for the Intermediate Cellist	-	-
-	The Shifting Book for Cello, Part Two	-	-
-	Arpeggio Studies in Two Octaves for the Cello	-	The Faure Elegie Study Book for Cello
Sixths for the Cello, Book One	Shifting in Keys for Cello, Book One	-	-
-	Broken Thirds (One String) for Cello, Book One	-	-