learn to play cello

I am currently based in new zealand have been learing cello for two years using the suzuki method this year I am now ending book two which we have been supplementing with irish tunes for fun new teacher. But i am moving to Bermuda at the end of the year and just wondering if anyone knows of a good teacher for privaite lessons and possibly cello hire in bermuda?

I am learning to play cello this is my second year in lessons and i have begun to feel that i am now justified in saying that i can play cello. Now that i am learning my way around this amazing instrument and making it sound ok with some good pieces under my belt. To tell the truth I was never prepared for how much work i would have to put in. But it has been worth every ounce of time i have invested. It has become a major part of me and i don’t know how i ever survived without it. So so different from flute which came so naturally for me but cello is defintely more rewarding thats for sure. People look at me and wonder how i manage to carry ruby (my cello) on my back and get around to all the jam sessions that are going on as i don’t drive. But you will see me taking her on the bus and walking through town with her on my back. As you can see my cello is well travelled given that i only got her for christmas this year. The more exposure i get the better cellist i will become well heres hoping anyway.

mi dad told me i could never do this that i should better try guitar and he bought me guitar hero III XD win win jaja AVALANCHAAAA!

I used to learn how to play cello but I really hate to say this but I’m getting busy and stopped taking the class but I love the sound of cello and I want to go back to the lesson!

I started learning 7 years ago. 4 years ago my parents bought me a student cello. I’ve taken lessons for 4 years. Cello is just hard enough that I have never sustained interest in it. My inclination is to describe myself as a beginning cellist but the very beginning books and pieces are so boring and so I think I am an advanced beginner. On a scale of 1 to 100, with 1 as a person who got a cello today and doesn’t like it and 100 a master concert cellist, I am a 12.

I have a plan, though. I am going to play cello every single day. Not sure how long to play. But every session I am going to go through tuning (can’t tune), warm ups, and learn one of the pieces from my books I never learned. Once I have mastered my beginning cellist books I am going to join orchestra. Also, every 21 sequential days that I play I get to buy a popular or interesting cello book. I am thinking of the HP and LOTR soundtracks for my first 42 days.

If i get to be half as good as Eikka (from apocalyptica) is, ill be waaaaaay to happy to put it in words… i know its not easy, but ill try…! =)

i think just finding right teacher and renting a cello itself is veeery hard to do in the city i live.

Playing cello is challenging. It takes alot of time, practicing – and I didn’t find practicing to be the most relaxing activity. Also, buying a cello is quite expensive. If I had the money to buy one, I might keep playing.

so.. i put the sticker on the “fretboard” (shouldn’t I be learning the names of the parts of the instrument too? oh well)
to do so i had to loosen the strings – now i can’t get the stupid thing in tune.
but i have been playing violin a bit lately. :)

I play piano, guitar, and clarinet, and am currently trying to record an album. I have always wanted to play a stringed instrument and there’s something really sexy about the cello. So for my birthday I splurged and bought one!
I have absolutely no idea how to play it – I was able to successfully string it and tune it (what a bitch that was!), and even figured out how to rosin the bow… but I have no clue as to techniques, etc. anyone have any suggestions? I have purchased some books that will be coming soon, but until then I enjoy holding it and attempting to keep it from squeaking. As long as the strings stay in tune, it actually sounds quite beautiful!