How to Play Cello in 14 Days: Daily Cello Lessons for Beginners—Includes Standard Music Notes + Cello TAB in All Sheet Music Examples

Way below my expectations. You can play cello in 14 days in your dreams. This book does not help you at all. My advice is not to trust this kind of books. There's no fingers table to understand exactly where to put your fingers, there are even typo. I bought this book only because I know a bit how to play cello and for a beginner this book is a useless...and I would say even for people who knows how to play cello well.

Learning to play cello? Bring your patience and approach with an attitude of fun. I play several instruments but never have played a bow instrument. I like the violin for its romantic sound but don’t want to crook my neck in one direction. So, I chose the cello for the beautiful, deep resonance. Plus, it sounded so cool on the “Wednesday” show. I love self teaching. However, cello’s a different animal. Everything matters and no frets!. I watched videos like everyone says, very helpful. This book is well organized, nothing’s wasted. He wants you to move along, get exposed to different, basic aspects. He teaches one basic music reading too. One works on fingering, bowing, play a melody; he even times your practice out for you. Listen on the audio how it sounds. That really helps. This book appealed to my task driven, time spent, organized mind. I enjoyed it immensely, even memorized several of the tunes, practicing them over and over, so they sounded half decent and cello-ish. Get it and have fun, but it takes practice and consistency. Whew! Finally, if you can, get a teacher. I’m a self taught kind of guy but a teacher, even 30 minutes a week, was a game changer for me, huge. Other advice: get a tuner or use an online tuner. I used both, clipping a small one on the bridge which lit up green if I was on the right note. Rent your instrument. Use a cheap mirror to watch yourself. Get several beginner books to work out of. Work on playing a tune you like. Watch lots of teaching videos and real cellist playing. Don’t practice when tired. Be expressive, just enjoy no matter what. Good luck, I’m learning along with you.

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I decided to start learning the cello to keep my son company - he wanted to learn the violin. I have never played an instrument before and cannot read music. At age 63, I certainly didn't expect to be able to play the cello in 14 days, if at all. However, even though I didn't stick to the amount of lessons suggested per day, I think I probably did the same amount of lessons over about 6 weeks. I would not say I could now play the cello (think cat being strangled sounds) but I'm on my way and, by the end of the course, I can play one or two easy tunes without being forbidden the house. This isn't a book for children starting out (I bought one of those as well) but it is helpful and gets you started.