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Healthy Cello Playing: Teaching Cello To Promote Injury Prevention, Isabella Kodama
Healthy Cello Playing: Teaching Cello To Promote Injury Prevention, Isabella Kodama
Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship
Cellists and other instrumentalists frequently suffer from playing-related injuries, and these can be detrimental to their career and psychological health. There are many ways to treat these injuries, but the most beneficial method is prevention. I want to find ways to help prevent pain and injury by developing good habits in the beginning of their playing. A lack of body awareness is a frequent cause of injury for many musicians. My goal in this research is to find ways of preventing injuries throughout one’s playing career, but more specifically from the very early stages of cello-playing, so that these issues …
Cello Technique: A Result Of Cello Construction And Its Effect On Virtuosic Playing In The Works Of Dvořák And Pärt, Mineo P. Yasutake Mr.
Cello Technique: A Result Of Cello Construction And Its Effect On Virtuosic Playing In The Works Of Dvořák And Pärt, Mineo P. Yasutake Mr.
Music: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
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The Evolution Of The Cello Endpin And Its Effect On Technique And Repertoire, William Braun
The Evolution Of The Cello Endpin And Its Effect On Technique And Repertoire, William Braun
Glenn Korff School of Music: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Creative Work, and Performance
This document investigates how the concept of a lifting device has evolved into the modern endpin that is a now a standard part of the cello. The endpin has a unique history that, prior to this writing, has not yet been fully documented. The evolution of the endpin has caused significant changes to cello technique, as its use, or lack of, alters the basic posture and setup of the instrument on the cellist’s body. Written and iconographic evidence show that endpins and other lifting devices have been used throughout all eras of the cello’s history. There are many instances when …