I Can Read Music: For Cello, Volume I

I love that this book is large print, which makes it easier to read and does play the cello. I like that it has note practice on the left-hand side and on the right page it has rhythm so it’s working on half notes and quarter notes etc. I had already taught myself how to read music by the time I purchase this book, but it has been extremely helpful in practicing the notes correctly and slowly and working on perfecting my rhythm and timing. I like that this book is spiral-bound also so I can fold back the pages if needed, or I can have it open on my music stand and go from one page to the next very easily.

My daughter’s teacher wanted us to buy this. It’s been helpful for her lessons.

This book looks plain and simple, but it works. My daughter has learned so much working through this book. It will also last a long time so it's a good value.

Volumes 1 and 2 have been very helpful to me. Please read my review of both volumes in my Volume 2 review. I'm a late starter cello student (at age 70). After I shared these books with my cello teacher, she starter using these two volumes with some of her other students. She also assigns some sections to me now. I independently use parts of these two volumes every practice session between lessons, along with the new pieces I'm learning. My cello teacher says that I am way ahead of where she expected me to be. I give the credit to these two volumes, my teacher, and my hard work practicing between lessons.

I like how this book slowly introduces the notes that are being learned and that it is easy for a student who has been using suzuki method to quickly follow along with the knowledge they already have. I imagine it would also be useful for a child 10+ who is just beginning to play cello as well.

Since I can already read music in treble clef, and merely want practice reading bass clef on with my "chin cello" (octave violin), I returned Vol 1 and ordered Vol 2 instead.

Needs to come with noise cancelling headphones for those rough first few months of scratchy string sounds.

My 9-year old daughter is working her way through this book, and it is going well. She is able to complete one lesson a day in about ten minutes. The lessons are very gradual and do not overwhelm her. She has been working in this book for 2 months and is already able to easily read notes on the D and G string as well as half, quarter, eight, and sixteenth notes. Great book.

Good read

Secuencias de estudio de las básicas a las avanzadas, los pentagramas vienen de gran tamaño para la rápida ubicación e identificación de notas, muy útil para la lectura melódica y rítmica

Beautiful large fonts. Spiral bound book that opens fully, so that I can focus on the material rather than on keeping it open. Indeed, the exercises are not tunes per se. These appear to be akin to drills. I’m old enough to remember learning my times tables and historical facts by rote in school. This is the musical version of that. I am learning where the notes are on the fingerboard. I would rather have that at my fingertips, both literally and figuratively. It’s a discipline that I don’t mind achieving. True, they can be mind numbingly tedious at times, but you have to do the groundwork. There, enough of the lecture! Clear images and a dream to work through.

un metodo molto graduale diviso in lezioni progressive che accostano una pagina di lettura delle note auna di lettura del ritmo. mio figlio si diverte moltissimo a eseguire le parti ritmiche con vari strumenti a percussione.

Moeilijk te hanteren leerboek. Het is eigenlijk geen zelfstudeerboek, maar een begeleidingsboek voor een docent. Retour verzonden op 19 september 2023 en op 28 september nog steeds geen terugbetaling gekregen