MASTERCLASS BASICS: Double stops

Start your day with awesome double stops. Send your left hand to the gym and work on strength, stability and structure.
Yesterday's class on Saint-Saens:
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Join this new series of Cello Masterclasses for all of us who are grounded because of COVID19 - let me know in the comment section what you want me to talk about in tomorrow’s class!

[@xxbstpagexx]

I need to add these double stop drills to my daily practice. I’ve adopted one of your double stop exercises from your “watch me practice” video and it is greatly enjoyable, if not, meditative. Thank you.

[@insidemusic2196]

Dear Johannes, thank you so much for this masterclass series! I would love it if you could upload some thoughts about intonation. How do you get a passage to really be in tune? In your experience, how much time/practice does it take for a passage/piece to be able to play it in tune consistently? What about practicing a passage and it being out of tune again the next day? I often find myself confronted with these questions, not knowing if I'm really doing everything there can be done to improve my intonation. If you have some thoughts on this, it would be really great to hear them! Keep it up and stay healthy!

[@d.s.5103]

That's some high quality content - thank you, Johannes!

[@maricello_m442]

Vielen lieben Dank. Ich hab das Video erst jetzt gesehen. Schade, so spät aber ist immer noch so hilfreich. Danke sehr

[@arinapopova298]

Johannes,youre the one who saved all the cellist in this corona time,and im really thankful for that .D'ont forget who you are and continue Your beautiful work.!!!!!!!!!

[@luismg2130]

You reminded me to pull out my DSCH string quartets :D

[@NoaLeighMaxwell]

I too spontaneously have Shostakovian Slips x'D love it

[@matthewrafferty6896]

Your videos are a priceless treasure, sir. How wonderful in this modern world to share the insights of Johannes Moser. Bravo for your philanthropic spirit!

[@richardandaya3932]

Thanks for the insights into acquiring a solid left hand like yours!

[@wertghjkl]

muchas gracias por compartir sus conocimiento ! .. que buena persona es usted, dios lo bendiga !

[@chuangonzales5540]

Dear Johannes, could You make a masterclass about bow hand exercises ? (Some tips for every day practise) Thank you !

[@Josecello-xb4tu]

Thank you very much for the small lessons, very useful exercices, normally i warm up with basic four octave scale, just chose one tonallity and change the slurs, separated until 16, then double stops and finish with arpegios, everythinh with the same bas e note, if i have problem with tuning i put a pedal. I thing the exercices you gave are really good for the position and tuning. Thanks for sharing these videos in this difficult time.

[@MsEagleBat]

I am definitely adding this to my routine. Thank you Johannes!

[@EliDeutschmann]

Danke vielmals 😊

[@gasparocelloman9852]

Yes, please, a Walton masterclass would be gratefully received.

[@ameliarivadeneira5671]

Excelentes consejos Maestro lo admiro mucho muchas gracias por compartir su sabiduría

[@HahaHa-nf7iz]

Man that’s amazing I love you

[@raymendoza8157]

Woo! Just started learning cello (I play lots of other string instruments which arent bowed). These exercises are great! Thank you!!!

[@freireeume]

Dear Johannes, I admire you a lot and was really happy to find out about this project. I really love the Walton concerto, took a look at it recently and if you could talk a bit of it in general, but specially the last movement, I think it is very hard to find the musicality in it. It is free but not so much.. Would be awesome if you could talk about it! And thank you for the masterclasses! will keep watching!

[@thomasshelley4617]

I like to do tenths and unisons in the upper positions. Helps a lot with strength in the thumb, I find.

[@adrianainesbonaudi1365]

Thanks so much Johannes! 🙏🏻😊 that’s great for Britten first suite’s double stops! I would like some advice on playing really fast, thinking on that last movement... 😬

[@emilianoarenas7577]

Thanks a lot for there videos. My warm up routine is actually very straight forward: Feuillard. If I have a problem that keeps popping up when practicing, search for a specific exercise to help me with it, and usually one scale from the scales and arpeggios section of the book. Could you do a video on the Haydn concerto in D? That would be really helpful.

[@martinacello]

Thanks a lot Johannes! Could you please talk about third movement of concerto Saint Seans in a minor ?Your suggestions will help me alot! Also can you help me more on L,M parts? Thanks for reading 😎

[@claudiaochoacruz]

Fantastic! Double stops exercises. I have reminded Johannes Moser & Jacek Kaspszyk perform Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 (KZbin, Filharmonia Narodowa). 🤗🎶🤗

[@vladiinsky]

Cool cello stuff,as always :) What kind of earplugs are you wearing during practice?

[@mercedesfloresmilara865]

Sería posible que pusieras subtítulos en español?.😊 Me encantan tus clases!❤️ Saludos desde Madrid!

[@leondaniels1660]

Thanks your so helpful any suggestions for working on the second movement of the Elgar concerto

[@irmiwolvin]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mayconaraujo]

That's amazing, perhaps do you have a book to recommend for us, to practice scale and doublestops ? Thank you

[@jfrbcelloguitar]

Gracias! Porfavor poner subtitulos. Saludos

[@annerupert7610]

Have you notated this warmup routine? I'd love to see it ....!

[@francescostefanelli256]

Hi Maestro! I just saw your "Masterclass Series" videos and I like them a lot! I hope you have time to do more of that. I would like to ask you if you can do a video also for "fast" pieces like: Elfentanz or Rostropovich Humoresque. Personally the problem that I have is to keep the sautille stroke (spiccato, or how you call it) for the entire piece, which is from 2 to 2 and half minutes. Can you suggest us some ways to practice the bow stroke and how can we control it for so long and keep it "solid"? I tried for a long time, but unfortunately when I have to keep spiccato for more than 1 minutes it becomes almost a detache stroke, which I don't want of course. Thanks!

[@ZaddyGohan]

Do you ever practice unisons? Like having your thumb on the D on the A string, and 3rd finger on the harmonic D on the D string?

[@pedroagudo]

Barré=capotasto

[@miltonceron4997]

No te olvides de los hispanos, por favor, subtitulos

[@e-collarlesswolfdogs5640]

Dutch ?

[@arinapopova298]

The one wo think this is not good,that person is weerd:(