Category Archives: EC&I831 Project

Week 6: A New Practice Space

This week, I decided to follow the advice from the Cellomoji podcast and create a practice space: I included some warm-up scales, my Suzuki cello books, some sheet music I purchased to work on, my cello, my practice cello/bow, and … Continue reading

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Week 5: Movitation Needed

I’m finding myself at a point where I need more motivation to keep me on track with my cello. We have been away from home for half of the month and when I’m not practicing I have a hard time … Continue reading

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Week 4: Pinterest for the W!

This week I wanted to continue on my left-hand technique with the cello. As I mentioned last week, we spent 6 days in Calgary, which meant that there was a lot of driving time that I could use to search … Continue reading

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Week 3: Go Where the Web Takes You

“Just let me find my note…” This week started with a mission to get comfortable with the fingerboard of the cello, and took a bit of a turn (in a great way) the more I got into things. Day 1: … Continue reading

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Week 2: It’s all in the (Bow) Wrist!

This week I began to dive into my Learning Project… learning improved technique on the cello by using a variety of online resources and watching back recordings of myself to see where I’m going wrong. First, I’d like to introduce … Continue reading

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Week 1: Settling on a Topic

If there’s one thing I know to be true about educators, it’s that we love to learn. I’m sure that everyone taking on this project is excited and has many great ideas! I had a lot of ideas myself that … Continue reading

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