The Art of Playing the Violoncello

I. Glissando with the Same Finger on One String - 1. Audible Glissando - a) with one bow-stroke - b) Simultaneous Action (Glissando and bowstroke) - 2. Inaudible Glissando - II. Glissando with Different Fingers on One String - A) Upward Movement (from lower to higher notes) - 1. When the Starting Finger is Lower than the Objective Finger - 2. When the Starting Finger is Higher than the Objective Finger - B) Downwards Glissando (from higher to lower notes) - 1. When the Starting Finger is Lower than the Objective Finger - 2. When the Starting Finger is Higher than the Objective Finger - C) Glissando in Combination with an Open String - 1. Upward Glissando - 2. Downward Glissando - III. Glissando with the Same Finger on Two Strings - A) Upward Glissando - 1. From a Lower to a Higher string - 2. From a Higher to a Lower note - B) Downward Glissando - 1. From a Higher to a Lower String - 2. From a Lower to a Higher String - IV. Glissando with Different Fingers on Two Strings - Position Changing in Combination with an Open String - Mixed Exercises - Positions - Harmonics - Fermata - Different Fingers for One Note - Rhythmical Combinations - Substitution or Exchange of finger - Changing Fingers on Two Strings - Changing Fingers on Three Strings - Exercises to Increase Surety - Exercises for Stretching the Fingers - Positions - Irregular Time-signatures 5/4 and 5/8 time - 7/4 and 7/8 time - Exercises to Increase Surety - Pizzicato - Playing of Scales - Preparatory Exercises for Scales in the Lower Half of the Fingerboard - Different Kinds of Bowing for Scales - Preparatory Exercises for Thirds - Different Kinds of Bowing for Thirds - Broken Triads - Broken Triads in Double Stops - Broken Chords (four notes) - Fundamental Position - First Inversion - Second Inversion - Third Inversion - Chord of the Diminished Seventh - A Guide for Study