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The number one challenge creative cellists face day in and day out is knowing what to practice.
And there’s a good reason why this can feel especially overwhelming for multi-style cellists. When it comes to traditional practice, most of us have some solid principles — we know how to improve a shift, speed up a fast passage, and polish a piece of repertoire to get ready for a recital. But when it comes to going beyond our classical conservatory training, it’s a different story.
Most of us are flying completely blind, with no clear principles and no idea where to even start.
How should we work on:
Time, groove, and feel?
Extended techniques like chopping or bass lines?
Practicing new harmonic ideas and scales?
What about transcribing, developing vocabulary, learning tunes and licks — and eventually pulling it all together to create our own unique sound?
Trying to figure out where to start with all that, much less how to organize and practice it effectively, can be totally overwhelming. Honestly, just listing it all out is exhausting!
Now, ideally, if you’re serious about becoming a world-class improviser — or elite at anything, really — you wouldn’t go it alone. You’d work with a world-class coach, someone with rock-solid principles, deep experience, and a proven track record of helping others climb the same mountain.
Unfortunately, up until now, that level of expertise just hasn’t been available to creative string players.
That’s why I’m so excited to announce a brand-new course from The Improviser’s Guide to the Cello:
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 $225. This includes a total of 3 hours of instruction, and an hour and a half of question and answer sessions.
The class is now available as a series of video courses on demand. Just sign up and start learning today!
You can watch the videos anywhere you are!
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 have access to the course page where all materials will be available to download.
Yes, absolutely it will be awesome!
VERY, VERY AWESOME
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