I had only been playing this piece for a few weeks and learning by ear only. If you see the dots on the side I use them for pattern memory just like a guitar to memorize pieces, I have like 20 pieces that I play through and the pattern memory helps a lot with that. I can play fairly well with my eyes closed now when I know the piece. And this piece also have a few long and fast shifts that had me looking more than I normally do. I also joined an ensemble to force myself into more sheet music reading and to play different parts with others, and it's so different trying to play with others that's not in tune so then my dots also help so I can confidently play a little louder and know that I'm in tune when the others are not or I would get completely lost.

@Henrik.Yngvesson This is very cool! You are a great man!

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@@miragfd4 Phone, and badly setup on the table so not optimal at all for sound. But at that point in my progress it did't matter much 😜

Thank you, yes I'm still playing and I'm at 1½ years now and still all self taught. Joined an ensemble this year as well, and it was so difficult playing with others compared to playing along the youtube videos but a great way to push myself and get forced into sheet music reading as I play a lot by ear. And also learn how to cope with others playing out of tune, that can really throw you off as a beginner. I grew out of that semi-plywood cello after a few months and felt it was interfering with my playing. Got a "real" cello after 6 months and it made such a difference not having to force the sounds out of it like if I was playing on a wet cardboard box, it had so much more dynamic and my playing changed. My mom whos not an instrument player herself could hear the difference in my playing. And a big motivation for me is all the ones saying you can't learn cello on your own so that's exactly what I'm going to do 😜

@@oxymoron5167 I little bit with something sturdy to hold on to. Incomplete TH12.

@@KanekiCifer And I was older than you when I made this video 😜

​@@Henrik.Yngvessonbig w for responding so quickly

I still got both legs and does almost 200kg leg presses. I broke my back in a fall from 15m and crushed my TH12 which pushed out in the spinal cord, incomplete paraplegic and still have some function but can't walk.

@@matiasmartinez9873 I've been close to 170kmh but am off by one tooth on the sprockets. Think it could make it with the right gearing as it revs out at 12500rpm.

I did know a little sheet music as I played piano as a kid in school. But mostly youtube, tutorials and then play along to pieces I like, learning much by ear and try to read some sheet music for practice and joined a local ensemble which forced me to do more sheet music. Then trying to play a lot of different things and keep pushing myself, having some slow pieces like Air and The Swan to practise on the sound and slow bowing as well as some fast pieces like Dance Rustique and Bach Courante BWV 1007. I've also done a lot of extreme sports and different crafts so that may also play a role in body control and awareness and self analytic ability. And also putting in the hours of practice.

It depends on many things, ignition timing, porting, exhaust pipe, octane and so on. I haven't done anything like that myself so can't really give any tips. I welded and reshaped the engine block with new bolt holes to fit a Vespa racing cylinder instead.

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You should at least do a lesson or two and take notes on the corrections. You have alot of bad habits. The sooner you catch them the better

@@matviyk3066 Like what?

@@Henrik.Yngvessonok I will help abit but I highly recommend a teacher. I will consider you still self taught if you just get corrections. The problem is my corrections will feel unnatural because of the posture and habits you already built. Just like the different profile of the p51 in the background you need to look at your posture from many angles and compare to other young professionals. Not old folks cause there postures are screwed. You look like you’re about to fall asleep on the instrument, back curved. Raise your notes or whatever your looking at Your left hand is drooped you will never get a good vibrato like that. I can see how your fingers are angled unnaturally for those positions. Your vibrato is terrible and even for a beginner shouldn’t sound like that or be jittery. You’re doing it completely wrong. Bowing technique is all over the place. You’re using this cello like some on and off switch. I recommend watching a video of like the swan and look closely at the player. Study their posture and then compare yours to theirs like overlay. There is obviously a lot of other issues how you produce the sound. But gotta start with the obvious and easy ones first. To build a solid foundation. Be very thoughtful and conscious. You will not be able to practice as long because this will take a lot of mental energy but you will improve even faster.

You gotta aim high or you'll get too comfortable with the support wheels 🤣 It sounds horrible but that's good, then I know I've done some progress over the last year. Still not good but it's getting better.

I'm working on getting the vibrato a little softer and less tense but that will take some time. Up in the first position I have much difficulties getting my muscles working with a vibrato but it's starting to come a little bit more now. I did loosen my bow, it's a carbon bow so not much risk of it snapping though, was testing a bit back and forth back then to see how it felt.

Vespa VMC ET7, it's not bolt on. You need to weld a lot and reshape the engine block and make new bolt holes.

Thanks bro

May look like it due to the camera angle but I feel no trouble at all. I play a few other pieces that goes all the way to the end of the fingerboard and it's working fine except I get a little stuck on the rosin. Had only played this piece for about 2 weeks so wasn't very good intonation that may make it seem like I have trouble reaching.

Do whole notes, then quarter notes, then eigth and sixteenths. Play with different bowing (separate, slurred 8 at a time, etc)

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@@Henrik.Yngvesson 135cc

@@ianmangham4570 A little less on the GP as it only has 50mm stroke.

Some people may pick up bad habits which they may have a hard time re-learning. But if you're just playing for fun then ignore them and go for it. I did play piano in school like 25 years ago so do understand sheet music but have to spend more time learning it on the cello as well. Yesterday I met other cellist for the first time when I joined an ensemble it was a challenge trying to keep up with the note reading on pieces I've not played before, and then trying to play different parts and if any of the other made a mistake I was totally lost. There's enough information here on youtube if you want to start on your own. Instead of starting with sheet music I just made a playlist of cello covers on songs that I was familiar with and then just starting to play along the best I could just concentrating on the cello and my technique and not having to think about reading sheet music and trying to remember a melody. And after a month or two when feeling a little more comfortable and know how to make a decent sound you can start with scales and learning the notes and start reading simple pieces. The first sheet music I started with was this Cello Suite so maybe not the easiest one to start with 😜 Then it's much about being analytic, recognising what's not working well and focus your practise on that and research the topic if you have to and so on.

Everyone said the about violins for me:)

He uses hydrogen instead of acetylene. But it's pretty much the same. It gives a little softer weld as it has a different heat input, and it also gives better penetration both due to the way the heat input works and the use of flux. When oxy welding steel for example you can weld like 6mm thick without a bevel and still get full penetration. With TIG it has to be absolutely clean, and still you may get problems on the back side with oxidation. This oxidation can make the two pieces not come together properly and only form a full weld bead on the welding side. On the back side you may get two bulges with a ditch in the middle because the sides melt but because of oxides they don't flow together completely. This will cause cracks eventually and especially if you grind the outside flat. So with TIG it's a good idea to go over the back side too of all the welds you grind flat. When it comes to small parts and pointy corners TIG can be a nightmare as the arc jumps back and forth and obliterates tiny pieces. With an oxy flame you can point the heat input with much more control. TIG is superior in many ways but for this, oxy welding might be better. But you have to make sure to wash all the flux away because it is corrosive so that's a win for the TIG.

@@Henrik.Yngvesson Thanks for that description, I do a lot of TIG aluminium and on light gauge sheet it does need to be clean clean and can be prone to cracks if not done just so.