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Cello Course for Beginners

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Cello Course for Beginners

Discover the world of cello with creator of world famous "Cellopedia"! Make the first step from total beginner to skilled musician.

updated on icon Updated on Jun, 2025

language icon Language - English

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English [CC]

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Lectures -44

Resources -18

Duration -6 hours

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Course Description

Unleash your inner musician and take control of the strings with a cello playing course designed for any busy schedule! Let me help you to discover new techniques - from bow hold exercises, pizzicato chords, Dotzauer's method - that will have you creating beautiful duets in no time. Get ready to share your musical talents with friends by being able surprise them when playing duets by J. Offenbach or performing joyous renditions of “Happy Birthday” ! So don't wait another minute: come find out what hidden passions await within yourself.

Goals

  • How to choose your cello

  • How to find the notes on a fingerboard. Left-hand technique

  • How to make a beautiful sound. Right-hand technique

  • How a cello and a bow are made. The basic maintenance

  • How to play all important major scales

  • How to work with the cello method by Dotzauer

  • How to master chamber music skills. Cello duets by Kummer, Breval and Offenbach

  • How to perform popular melodies. “Happy Birthday”, “Joy to the World” and Christmas carols

Prerequisites

  • To begin this musical journey, all you need is a passion for music and some essential tools: the cello, bow, and a few affordable add-ons! Embark on your exciting adventure today.
Cello Course for Beginners

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Introduction

1 Lectures
  • play icon Introduction. Welcome to the course! 04:08 04:08

Get to know your cello and bow

4 Lectures
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The basics of cello technique

8 Lectures
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How to read notes

6 Lectures
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Introduction to Cello Method by Dotzauer - Klingenberg

9 Lectures
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Two octave scales. The best way to improve your technique.

8 Lectures
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J.B.Breval Cello Method (Duets)

4 Lectures
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J. Offenbach Cello Duet Op.49 No.4

2 Lectures
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Happy Birthday to You

1 Lectures
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CONGRATULATIONS!

1 Lectures
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Instructor Details

Maxim Kozlov

Maxim Kozlov

Maxim Kozlov was born in Russia to a Ukrainian father and a Russian mother. His grandfather was a bandmaster of a military band in Lviv, Ukraine.

Since he was young, Maxim has loved the sound of a cello reverberating through a concert hall. As a soloist and with various orchestras, he has played over 700 concerts in the United States, Canada, South America and Europe, as well as South Korea and China. He is also an accomplished recording artist, having made six CD's with Claves Records, the Swiss Classical Label. Some of Maxim's favorite venues to play in include the Alte Oper (Frankfurt, Germany), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Merkin Concert Hall and Town Hall (New York) and Orange County Performing Arts Center (Costa Mesa, California).

 Maxim has a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Moscow State Conservatory and a Graduate Performing Diploma from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University (USA). Maxim is also a prize winner of the Russian National Cello Competition. Most recently, he made three tours to Macau, China and Portugal to perform as the Guest Principal Cellist in the Macao orchestra.

Maxim Kozlov moved to the USA in 2003. He continues to accept solo engagements in addition to maintaining a large studio of students from all over the world.


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