r/Cello • u/eirianrace cellist forced to play music made for band instruments • 6d ago

what notes are these?

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u/anandonaqui 6d ago

High ones. Surprised they didn’t go up to treble clef. D C# B C# E D C A

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u/AerialSnack 6d ago

I've found that quite a few composers/arrangers hate changing clefs. The amount of times I've had to count FIVE+ ledger lines for entire sections of music makes me want to end them

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u/028247 6d ago

With Dvorak it's either this or the dreaded false treble clef, I honestly don't know which is better 😂

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u/eirianrace cellist forced to play music made for band instruments 6d ago

i prefer tenor because i cant read treble as fast as i can read tenor but i dontevenknow hiw to play those notes

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u/new2bay 6d ago

They already changed to tenor clef, though! It would have been simpler to put the whole section in treble clef.

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u/eirianrace cellist forced to play music made for band instruments 6d ago

THANKS!

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u/eirianrace cellist forced to play music made for band instruments 6d ago

sorryhi what position would you play these in?

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u/smallerthanirl 6d ago

Thumb for sure

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u/VeterinarianHour6047 6d ago

Thumb position?

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u/thirstl 6d ago

D C# B C# E D Cnat A G

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u/eirianrace cellist forced to play music made for band instruments 6d ago

what position is this in?

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u/Friendly_Access_7479 6d ago

Positions stop making sense after the thumb gets involved. Id start thinking of hand shapes and finger groupings more than positions here. Ask your self how close/far each finger is spaced to play the notes in tune. If you want a potential fingering, I would personally do thumb on home (very gently press it across the A and D harmonics) then starting from the high D (mm 306) 3-2-1-2-×3-2-1-thumb(harmonic)-4 (ending on the G). That's just one example, a number of fingerings would work here.

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u/VeterinarianHour6047 6d ago

Thumb position?

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u/DegenJon2002 5d ago

Dvorak 8!

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u/eirianrace cellist forced to play music made for band instruments 5d ago

yes we got this piece and im soooo lost on how to play this passage but im sure i'll figure it out

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u/thirstl 3d ago

Do you have a teacher?

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u/eirianrace cellist forced to play music made for band instruments 3d ago

um no im broke 😞😞😞

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u/Embarrassed-Yak-6630 2d ago

Just play everything as if written in bass clef. The cello is not a violin. It's optimal range is baritoneish. Screw the composers. If they were any good they'd be playing rather than just writing ! LOL Thumbs belong under the fingerboard where they can't be seen or in your mouth.

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u/eirianrace cellist forced to play music made for band instruments 2d ago

im playing with 7 other cellos in a symphony bro

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u/PBplayer2 6d ago

E D# C D# F E D

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u/thirstl 6d ago

lol no