The Secret Life Of Cello Strings: Harmonics For Cellists
The Secret Life of Cello Strings: Harmonics for Cellists
R. Caroline Bosanquet
Contents Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding harmonics, their bowing, their intonation and their notation
Chapter 2: 1/2, 1/3 and 3/4 harmonics played in both directions on each string in turn
Chapter 3: Introducing the 1/5 harmonic
Chapter 4: Fanfares: 1/3,1/4,1/5 and 1/6 harmonics played at the bridge end of the cello
Chapter 5: Dominant Sevenths: 1/7 harmonic played at the bridge end
Chapter 6: Major arpeggios: 1/8 harmonic played at bridge end
Chapter 7: A bird's eye view of the who cello string
Chapter 8: Unisons and octaves using harmonic nodes, open strings and stopped notes
Chapter 9: Hidden Melodies: 1/4,1/3 and 1/5 nodes in the lower part of the cello
Chapter 10: Coversation pieces: 1/5,1/4 and 1/3 nodes in the lowest part of the cello
Chapter 11: The pentatonic scale
Chapter 12: 1/5 nodes: a surprise!
Chapter 13: Four ways of combining 1/3,1/4 and 1/5 nodes, all producing the same pitches
Chapter 14: Four ways of playing G and D major pentatonic scales
Chapter 15: 1/6 harmonic played at the nut end
Chapter 16: Changing the fundamental: the stopped 1/4 harmonic
Chapter 17: Two major scales in harmonics
Chapter 18: The other stopped harmonics
Chapter 9: Exploring 1/7 nodes
Chapter 20: Pizzicato harmonics
Chapter 21: Unexpected facts
The chord of nature
Concert Improvisation
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