Mastering the Basics: The Fundamentals of Shifting

In this video, Julia teaches shifting from scratch, covering how to learn the basic arm movement, releasing finger pressure and how to train the ear to become our navigator.
00:00 Intro
01:27 What is shifting
01:51 The basic arm movement
03:40 Common mistakes
05:28 Basic shifting exercise
09:41 Quality of movement
11:56 The ear as navigator
16:50 Next steps
British cellist Julia Morneweg enjoys a flourishing international career, having performed as a soloist and chamber musician at venues including the Purcell Room, St. John’s Smith Square, St. David’s Hall Cardiff, Zurich Tonhalle, Daning Theatre Shanghai and many others. She is Joint Artistic Director of the London-based ensemble ChamberMusicBox, works as a guest with some of Britain's finest orchestras and can be heard on numerous film and television soundtracks.
Based in London, Julia is a highly sought-after teacher with an exceptional track record of student success. Her past and present students have held music scholarships at many of the most prestigious independent schools including St. Paul’s Boys School, Latymer, Alleyns, Francis Holland, Channing School, Sevenoaks, Godolphin and Latimer, JAGS, Whitgift and many others. She has given masterclasses and led workshops at institutions such as the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cyprus Youth Symphony Orchestra, Music for the Future (Slovenia), the RCM Summer School, Enterprise Scotland and Tanglin Trust School in Singapore.
Having started teaching online during the pandemic, Julia now works with students worldwide. Visit her website www.juliamorneweg.com for more information about lessons.

[@ContortionistMandkhai]

Thank you so much! It was very helpful. 😊

[@JohnP470]

Another very instructive video - thanks again Julia!

[@juliamorneweg5416]

Glad you enjoyed it, John!

[@Lost2024-r4k]

I am very thankful for this very interesting content on your channel, it is very helpful for my progress on cello, thank you😊

[@juliamorneweg5416]

I'm so glad you're finding the information helpful!

[@TheChronicles-d1u]

Same

[@biskardi]

thank you Mrs Morneweg for your explanation.... my respect! Could you possibly do a video on the bow change at the frog, especially on the A string, and explain the hand posture at the bow change moment? that would be really helpful, thank you Mac

[@juliamorneweg5416]

You will be delighted to hear it already exists! :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5-ag6F3a7adfZosi=vLElywktnCowj5P-

[@ralphhennen5769]

Love your videos, I’ve learned a lot from you making my practice more directed. Question: how about shifting across strings?

[@juliamorneweg5416]

Hi Ralph! In general, follow the same procedure - shift on the old string into the new position and then move across. J