Thumb Position for Cello Book 2

"Thumbs of Steel" by Rick Mooney

Rick Mooney is a specialist in the Suzuki Method of Teaching, he has been active with the Suzuki Assocaition of the Americas, serving on the Board of Directors, on the Cello Commitee and writing for the American Suzuki Journal.  He has been invited to teach at many institutes, conferences and workshops throughout the world including Australia.

This book assumes that the student is familiar with four basic thumb position finger patterns  which it expands on.

It includes:

• Daily Warm-ups - Chromatic  fingering
• Daily Warm-ups - extension of the hand, where the thumb remains in place and the hand opens and closes as necessary
• Daily Warm-ups - requires the thumb moves across to the G string
• Daily Warm-ups - requires that the hand move in and out of thumb position.