Top 10 Ways to Practice Popper’s Cello Etude No. 19
Happy Practicing!
1. Get your E Flat Major Scales & Arpeggios out.
2. Practice Efficiently! Write in measure numbers and bracket in phrases
3. Practice slowly ON the string. Detache! (Practice slow at 60 BPM per note and work up the tempo 2 clicks at a time.)
4. Practice intonation using double stops.
5. Practice your shifts using ‘ghost’ notes.
6. Accent your string crossings.
7. Add in rhythm practice.
8. Map out your thumb and practice your lyrical thumb shifts.
9. Add your spiccato bow stroke.
10. Performance Practice! Run-through it without stopping.
