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Cello Accelerator Course

HOW THIS WORKS (step by step):

  1. Enroll & Start Trial
  2. Track Your Progress
  3. Follow Daily Lesson Modules

  4. Practice Etudes with Guidance

  5. Perform Bach’s Suite No.1 Prelude

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN:

Students read & perform classic repertoire-Build confident technique & musicality-Daily habit that’s fun, not forced

WHY THIS WORKS:

  • Daily Bite-Size Lessons

  • Structured Progression

  • Proven Pedagogy

  • See improvements on average 3x faster with hybrid lessons. Students know what to practice and show up prepared.

Guided daily lessons help you learn faster by turning practice into short, focused exercises that build specific skills. As you progress, those skills build up naturally—so you feel steady progress without feeling overwhelmed. You can follow the course on your own for a DIY approach, or use it alongside your private teacher for a flexible hybrid approach.

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The Cello Accelerator Course

  1. Introduction to the cello

    5 lessons
    1. Intro to Cello Accelerator (Zero To Bach in Four Months)
    2. Cello Anatomy
    3. How to Tune your Cello
    4. How to Apply Fingering tape to your Cello
    5. How to Hold the Cello

  2. Week 1

    7 lessons
    1. Lesson 1: Pizzicato
    2. Lesson 2: Left Hand on the A String
    3. Lesson 3: Left hand on the D string
    4. Lesson 4: Reading Music
    5. Lesson 5 : Rhythm and Counting
    6. Lesson 6: Combine the left hand with reading music
    7. Lesson 7: Looking away from your fingers

  3. Week 2

    8 lessons
    1. Lesson 8: Combine your left hand with the A & D Strings
    2. Lesson 9: Arched Left Hand & Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
    3. Lesson 10: Jingle Bells & Old MacDonald
    4. Lesson 11: Despacito and Mastering the Arched Left Hand
    5. Introduction to the Cello Bow
    6. Lesson 12: Using the Bow for the first time
    7. Lesson 13: Bowing on the D String & Left Hand Preparation
    8. Lesson 14: D Major Scale Descending Bowed

  4. Week 3

    7 lessons
    1. Lesson 15: Drilling A and D string exercises
    2. Lesson 16: Continued A & D Bowed techniques and Drilling
    3. Lesson 17: Coordinating both Left and Right hand together
    4. Lesson 18: Eighth Notes & Pro Bow Hold
    5. Lesson 19: Bow Retakes
    6. Lesson 20: Bow Articulations
    7. Lesson 21: Drilling Articulations, Retakes and, Hooked Bows

  5. Week 4

    6 lessons
    1. Lesson 22: Perform Happy Birthday & Ode to Joy
    2. Lesson 23: Body Movement
    3. Lesson 24 & 25: Applying skillsets to the G string
    4. Lesson 26: Combine the G, D & A String
    5. Lesson 27: Drilling Combined Skillsets
    6. Lesson 28: Straight Bow Mirror Sessions 1:3 & Slurs

  6. Week 5

    5 lessons
    1. Lesson 29: Straight Bow Mirror session (2:3)
    2. Lesson 30: Straight Bow Mirror Session (3:3)
    3. Lesson 31-33: Amazing Grace & Somewhere Over the Rainbow
    4. Lesson 34: Introduction to Dynamics
    5. Lesson 35: Applying Skills in Context

  7. Week 6

    6 lessons
    1. Lesson 36: Dotted Notes and Bow Distribution Techniqes
    2. Lesson 37: Review Day
    3. Lesson 38& 39: Intro to 16th notes
    4. Lesson 40: Finger Extensions (1:10)
    5. Lesson 41: Finger Extensions (2:10)
    6. Lesson 42: Finger Extensions (3:10)

  8. Week 7

    6 lessons
    1. Lesson 43: Finger Extensions (4:10)
    2. Lesson 44: Finger Extension Endurance (5:10)
    3. Lesson 45: Finger Extensions- using them quickly (6:10)
    4. Lesson 46: Finger Extensions: The First Finger (7:10)
    5. Lesson 47: Finger Extensions Integrating Skillsets (8:10)
    6. Lesson 48 & 49 Finger Extensions (9:10 & 10:10)

  9. Week 8

    7 lessons
    1. Lesson 50: Shifting (1:17)
    2. Lesson 51: Shifting (2:17) 2nd position
    3. Lesson 52 (3:17) Shifting to 2nd position increased speed
    4. Lesson 53 (4:17) Shifting to 2nd position in context
    5. Lesson 54: (5:17) Shifting to 2nd position using extensions
    6. Lesson 55: (6:17) Shifting to 2nd position on the C string
    7. Lesson 56: (7:17) Shifting faster with string crossings

  10. Week 9

    7 lessons
    1. Lesson 57: (8:17) Shifting to 3rd position INTRO sneak peak
    2. Lesson 58: (9:17) Drilling th Ghost Finger
    3. Lesson 59 (10:17) Shifting to 2nd position on All the Strings
    4. Lesson 60 (11:17) Drilling 2nd position without looking at fingers
    5. Lesson 61: (12:17) Shifting to the 3rd position
    6. Lesson 62: (13:17) Shifting to 3rd and 2nd position with extensions
    7. Lesson 63: (14:17) The Ghost Finger

  11. Week 10

    7 lessons
    1. Lesson 64: (15:17) Shifting While Slurring
    2. Lesson 65: (16:17) Shifting to the 3rd position Drills
    3. Lesson 66 (17:17) Shifting to 4th position
    4. Lesson 67: Shifting in context-to 2nd and 4th positions
    5. Lesson 68: Review Drills
    6. Lesson 69: Review Endurance Etude Shifting between all positions
    7. Lesson 70: Review 1st Finger Replacements

  12. Week 11

    3 lessons
    1. Lesson 71-73
    2. Lesson 74-76 Bow Planning 2
    3. Lesson 77-79: Increasing tempo

  13. Week 12 (BACH EXERCISES (Etudes that help with learning Suite No.1)

    2 lessons
    1. Lesson 80-83: Bach Exercises
    2. Lesson 84-85: mm5-11

  14. Week 13

    3 lessons
    1. Lesson 85-86 mm.11-13
    2. Lesson 87-88 M. 24
    3. Lesson 89-90: Bach Exercises for mm 33-37

  15. Week 14

    2 lessons
    1. Lesson 91-92 Bach Exercises mm 33-37 Pedal Tone
    2. Lesson 93: Bach Exercises Final Chords

  16. Week 15: Bach: Suite No.1 Prelude: Breakdown 1:2

    6 lessons
    1. Breakdown 1 mm 1-9
    2. Breakdown 2 mm 8-19
    3. Breakdown 3 mm17-25
    4. Breakdown 4 mm 23-31
    5. Breakdown 5 mm 27-37
    6. Breakdown 6

  17. Week 16

    9 lessons
    1. Final Breakdown 1
    2. Final Breakdown 2 mm 1-15
    3. Final Breakdown 3 m15-19
    4. Final Breakdown 4 mm 20-22
    5. Final Breakdown 5 mm22-29
    6. Final Breakdown 6 mm29-30
    7. Final Breakdown 7 mm30-36
    8. Final Breakdown 8 mm37-39
    9. Final Breakdown 9 mm40-finale

  18. Performance

    2 lessons
    1. DUET Performance
    2. DUET Performance Backing Track

  19. Final Thank You

    1 lesson
    1. Thank You & Congratulations!