How to Play 5th 6th 7th Position on Cello

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[@Pugtatopug]

Thank you for the chicken foot technique. I'm a member of the butte symphony and we have to play in 4,5 6,7 all the time. I always struggled my hands aren't big and all of my fingers are short, but I have a good feeling this technique will help me out tremendously. Thanks you

[@CelloCoach]

You are very welcome, Pugtato Pug. You know your anatomy better than anyone else, so if a chicken foot works, then good!

[@justcallmee9795]

👌👍👏🤜🤛🖖 ILL BE PLAYING the swan and goltermanns RONDO------Helped a lot a lot a alottatalootatatlot

[@dizzyd254]

Thank you , your kindness in sharing your knowledge is very special . Clarity and understanding of individuals hand shapes etc is so helpful and prevents those awful hours , days and weeks of hopeless , helpless practice . In your debt.

[@GlockPunisher1]

Good lesson. These are so helpful. Aldo I read in another video and it is noteworthy that you articulate very well. I do the same but not as good as you. Thank you for the video

[@johangoethe2472]

Thanks for the lesson. You answered me the question for which I watched your tutorial. Thanks

[@hh.7792]

I will surely follow your advice. My hands and fingers are not big, either. My cello is 7/8 but still sometimes it is really hard to reach certain positions (I have been practicing Waltzin’ Matilda). Thanks for your lessons!

[@hopelesshaddy3332]

My teacher was showing me a new piece that had some 7th Position and it scared me LOL, my left hand started hurting when I saw it So I'm trying to mentally prepare myself 😃👍

[@CelloCoach]

You can do it, just follow their instructions and treat it like learning 1st position, so your form is just as p-important as your finger placement

[@Dparrey]

As another player with short fingers I really appreciate your perspective on technique. Thanks again.

[@TheTucsonJeff]

Thanks Jonathan! I learned important pointers from you for palm positioning. This helps my playing immensely.

[@CelloCoach]

You are welcome, J W

[@joker-qk6ts]

thank you Jonathamn i am amateur cellist and i have no teacher in my country. i learn a lot of things from you. thanks thanks thanks

[@evelynpfriem8499]

Lovely vibrato!!!!🥰🥰

[@cellojourneyz]

Chickenfoot was great to know and i'm not even playing those postions yet. Thanks!

[@kamtianqiao3310]

Thank you so much jonathan !

[@CelloCoach]

you are welcome

[@andreaholcek4094]

🥰 Thank you Thank you!! This is EXACTLY what I needed to know today. I am an adult student and learning the second cello in the Barriere Cello Sonata -duet. My hand hurts when keeping my thumb in the back of the neck. Amazing help!

[@CelloCoach]

Happy to help you, Andrea!

[@nadineacker3010]

Thanks for this Jonathan!

[@CelloCoach]

most welcome, Nadine!

[@aetheriality5680]

Omg I literally just saw,all of your pieces on musescore yesterday and I stumbled up on this video...not a coincidence.

[@CelloCoach]

Glad you made the connection ;-)

[@gordontang7837]

I didnt event notice you were the same person! YOU'RE YHE BEST JONATHAN!

[@brigittedaubresse-devienne2987]

hello on soundclound and musescore do we have to subscribe to see the pro scores?

[@benjaminyoingco]

THANK YOU. I was getting so confused when looking at my book

[@CelloCoach]

Glad you find the channel helpful, BGEN-Z

[@MsCellobass]

I’m going through Mooney’s position book with excellent teachers, and doing the first and second pattern on the 6th has been particularly difficult for me. (Practices and my awareness on hand placement has been helpful) Your video is helpful - thnx!

[@CelloCoach]

Sweet. Those books are staples in my studio, surely so!

[@beatricevielle]

Merci 🙏 beaucoup pour ces explications bien claires 👍 (malgré que je comprenne mal l’anglais 😌). C’est précis et ça aide bien (et pourtant j’entame à peine la 5ème position = Étude des Positions Nº 36 page 45 de le Méthode du jeune violoncelliste de Feuillard étant plutôt débutante en 5ème année de cello à bientôt 63 ans 😅avec un autre travail assez prenant). Vous êtes agréable à écouter et regarder👏🎶

[@CelloCoach]

Merci Béatrice! - j'utilise Feuillard aussi et si mon video vous aider avec votre cours de violoncelle, alors j'ai fait mon part :-)

[@claudettroulez8619]

Very good teacher.

[@krystalesparza1802]

Hehe. Hi. Jonathan !! My you look handsome on that sute.😍. You should teach us all all of the cello notes. Because I kinda forgot how too play. It's been a long while. Sooo much love from Egypt. 🇪🇬

[@dpaulmusic3727]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@CelloCoach]

You are welcome, Dapul

[@mimiellis4375]

Thank you! This is helpful. I got stuck on Mooney position pieces book 2, 5th position pattern 3, Moon Over Ruined Tralier Park. What to do with the ever-menacing thumb and how to know where I am. Thank you!

[@FreyasArts]

Thank you, this was very helpful🙏 I promised my sister I would play her favourite Song for her on her wedding. It has a lot in 6th Position, but I'm not used to it. So now I'm practicing a lot to make her happy😁

[@CelloCoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ace6285]

Thanks!!!!!

[@CelloCoach]

No problem!

[@groundedpathd1080]

can you make a video on g clef reading and playing for the cello? I haven't seen any videos on this any where.

[@user-ek7vy5vz4h]

Thank you for explanation. Does the thumb take the function of the first finger in the higher positions? The 4.th finger does not play anymore?

[@vuke500]

Very very thanks for you. Now I know that the anchoring is not on my thumb ,but on place near to palm of wrist when I need my thumb moving to higher position.

[@CelloCoach]

Yes, because we need to adapt our approach to our bodes' physical differences.

[@ElizabethShamblin]

Ah the "chicken foot technique- brilliant!

[@novipurnama7151]

Thanks for the video, this is very helpful. 👍 Is there any books about all the position on the cello fingerboard? can you give me some recommendations?

[@Dparrey]

I think Freedom of the Fingerboard for Cello might be what you're looking for. But I'm not sure it goes into Thumb Position.

[@phantomcytron2995]

Hello I’m going into high school soon and I’m trying out for chamber orchestra I haven’t had much experience with those positions although I have played them before this tutorial was really helpful and I hope I make it in

[@CelloCoach]

best of luck

[@luna775]

Dude! i had chickens too, lol they fun

[@CelloCoach]

Oui, j'adore mes poulettes. They know when I am recording, and wait outside my window listening to the cello :-)

[@OLNO100]

Does your scale book cover scales in this positions? Any tips how to improve your abilitie to read sheet music in this position?

[@VedatAkrilik]

very cool. go ahead my friend

[@CelloCoach]

Thanks, Vedat!

[@VedatAkrilik]

@@CelloCoach you are welcome

[@user-io4gj3xj6q]

Good

[@dr.president8504]

Paradigm shifting!

[@CelloCoach]

So true!

[@douglasmckay5161]

Hi I might need a little bit of help on placing the tape

[@kevinmelendez1460]

Can you please make a video on the 8th position and higher on cello?

[@CelloCoach]

It will come, surely one days yes.

[@johnalexander301]

How do you vibrate if your hand is anchored on the body of the cello?

[@CelloCoach]

Use it as a temporary point of reference to find the position, and then execute vibrato

[@jiegao2040]

Cool

[@CelloCoach]

Glad you learned something

[@posroposrani3597]

hi teacher ,and thanks a lot for this video ,it means a lot to us to expand more positions playing ,i have a question which also can matter to all of us ,as a beginner Cello player ,now is 2 and half Months,how much do we need to practice? i recently started to do lessons with my teacher but in this 2 and half Months i play every single day between 2:30- 3 Hr and on weekends can go up to 4 hrs,is that to much or to lees or what ??????? btw i like your lessons and i am able to play some of your songs ,most loved The Godfather and thanks for uploading that.

[@CelloCoach]

Hello Mirko, you ask a good question I will answer in my next talk. My short answer is keep working, just be more precise. I noticed you are playing Schindler's List, yet you missed the Bb (Si bemol) in the higher position. Maybe you should consider incorporating a scale, etude and song, all in the same key as a practice session. Also, just a question: is your cello a full size? You certainly have been blessed with large hands, which is mostly a blessing yet your strength can be your downfall. Your goal, if you were my student, would be like Ferdinand the Bull, a gentle giant who play with the most delicate touch. Working on your bow touch would be essential to you achieving a clean sound. Keep working, you are progressing well :-)

[@posroposrani3597]

Jonathan Humphries hello teacher and thanks a lot for answering ,i cant want for your next video about my question ,as for your questions,yes my Cello is full size 4/4 but the biggest problem is i am so tall ,i was a pro basketball player ,204 cm height and now for a long years doing bodybuilindg ,so imagine that combination ,bodybuilding and playing Cello :) as for the hands that strength is going to make me problems cause i still cant stop pushing with a thumb ,speacialy when i play 1st positiion and then my lower elbow part hurt so much and i cant hold much,as for a Shindlers List even i can read the notes thanks to you,i was loooking the video clip of 2 Cellos and i follow their hands what notes the play and i repeat,is that bad ? think so yes instead of reading the notes and doing my own position shifts

[@CelloCoach]

I will answer you in my next Cello Coach Talk, Mirko!

[@brigittedaubresse-devienne2987]

hello when you speak slowly there is a good automatic translation by you tube in french thank you

[@tutu8482]

how about the thumb position?

[@CelloCoach]

Next year, for sure! Thumbs of Steel, Vol. 1 by Rick Mooney! Buy it here - amzn.to/2r5qFiZ

[@spicytuna08]

isn't there a situation when you need to use the thumb as finger #1 in high positioned fast beat?

[@bondlets2342]

"I know it's funny but I have chickens and I love them." 😂😂😂

[@CelloCoach]

Love my hens too

[@jiegao2040]

I will be able to play the song,Humoresque 😫😋😋😋😋🥰🥰🥰🥰😇😇😇😇😇

[@CelloCoach]

Yay

[@Cheesesteakfreak]

If you understand music theory and interval relationships I don't think naming positions is needed. Positions aren't needed for moderate to advanced students or even at all.

[@CelloCoach]

My teacher says the same, from his ivory tower of top shelf students he thinks my position names are silly. Yet, 39K subs must find something worth while here

[@Xirnatts]

2:18 coincidentally, those are the first notes of "Bitch Lasagna" by Pewdiepie

[@CelloCoach]

Haha, yup

[@dylanduke1075]

Poshishen

[@CelloCoach]

ah, my usual articulation has failed me?!

[@dylanduke1075]

Jonathan Humphries it has but it entertained me