Practice

5 min read

What I practise every morning

Forty minutes, the same order every day: open strings, scales in thirds, a Bach movement, then whatever scares me most.

A cello, metronome and coffee by a window

Open strings, slowly

Ten minutes of long bows on open strings. It is the least glamorous thing I do and the most useful: tone starts here.

Scales in thirds

One key a day, slowly, with a drone.

One Bach movement

Never performed, just played. Different suite each week.

The hard bit

The last ten minutes go to the passage I am most worried about this week, at half speed.

Tell me about your day.

Send a date and a venue. I reply within two days with availability, a quote and a few ideas for the music.

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