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The number one challenge creative cellists face day in day out is figuring out what to practice. And there’s a good reason why this is particularly overwhelming for multi-style cellists when it comes to practicing most of us have some good principles and our reasonably comfortable improving a shift or speeding up a fast passage all the things you need to polish up a piece of repertoire and get ready for a recital when it comes to going beyond our classical Conservatory training.
Most of us cellists are completely flying blind in our practice with no real principles and are completely confused as to where to start. What about time Groove feel extended techniques like chopping or baselines practicing and trying to absorb new harmonic ideas and scales. What about transcribing and language practice vocabulary, like learning tunes and links and eventually absorbing and synthesizing all of it. So we develop our own unique sound now figuring out where to start on that list every day much less having solid principles to organize and practice those things effectively can be incredibly overwhelming.
I got tired just listening now ideally if you were mind to become a world-class improvisor or really Elite in anything. You won’t fly blind and try to go It Alone. Ideally you’d be working with a world-class coach that had Rock Solid principles and experience and had taken hundreds of other people to the top of the same Mountain unfortunately up to this point in creative string teaching that kind of expertise just hasn’t been available to us. And that’s why today I’m so excited to announce a brand new course from the improvisers guide to the cello called Complete Musicianship For The Evolving Cellist.
The first course ever designed by creative cellists for creative cellists to help answer the biggest question of all:
What the hell do I practice and how do I practice it, right?
In this three-part course, we’ll cover transcribing developing an ear-hand connection so that you’re able to absorb new material without thinking and perform it in the same way that you would speak your native language last but not least will be demystifying the creative process of taking material that you’re practicing and truly making it your own now right now some of you may be thinking
“Jacob, I already know about transcribing and I practice ear training every day what the heck makes this course different and why should I care?”
Let’s take a minute to talk about what this course isn’t.
This is not gonna be boring rote teaching like you’d find in most fiddle classes and it’s also not gonna be repackaged general theory material that you can find anywhere on the internet. I design complete musicianship as a course for Creative Cellists by Creative Cellists with special emphasis on the unique pitfalls we face on the cello. I’ve spent my life helping cellists like you identify and overcome these unique blind spots. And after founding America’s first creative string school and giving thousands of master classes concerts and lectures from everything from middle schools to America’s top conservatories I’ve thought about this stuff more than anyone else out there, but my biggest teaching credential is the fact that I was far from a prodigy.
As a matter of fact, I was never the top talent in any of the studios or schools that I’ve attended.
So rest assured no matter what style you’re working on, I’ve went through the same trials and tribulations in my practice you guys are going through right. Now.
The other thing that’s different about this course is that it’s an actual course!
This isn’t some hastily thrown together clickbait thing like all the YouTube and Facebook videos we’ve all been slammed with. That means that I’m gonna be with you every step of the way with mentoring guidance and worksheets to help you measure and track your progress along the way. I’m gonna arm you with real tools and principles that first engineered from some of the world’s greatest improvisers to keep the whole process focused, manageable, and fun.
So if you’re a multi-style cellist out there and you’ve ever felt overwhelmed or frustrated by this process of developing your own inner voice as a creative cellist. I want to encourage you to stop chasing random Youtube videos or click bait ads and let me save you years of time money and frustration. So just click the link below for more information or to sign up for this unique course. We are gonna have a limited spaces available and they’re gonna fill up extremely quickly you guys, so I hope that you’ll take the time to check it out and I hope to see you backstage.
See You There~
The entire three-day course is a measly $400. This includes a total of 3 hours of instruction, and an hour and a half of question and answer sessions.
Three Saturdays- at 9am (please see schedule for dates)
Live on Zoom. A link will be sent after you register and you DO NOT need a Zoom account to participate.
Just sign up below
Yes, but only available for students who have completed IGC Live or IGC online course membership.
All classes are an hour and a half long including Q&A sessions.
Yes. we have a very limited number of spots, and we need to know who will be attending.
No. The skills you will learn in this class can be applied to absolutely any style of music and will supercharge of practicing and I hope you understand how to master and his style and develop your creative voice in a clear and organized way.
Once you sign up, you will automatically receive an email with all the information you need including the schedule, links to the worksheet files, and more.
Yes, absolutely it will be awesome!
VERY, VERY AWESOME
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