First Finger Position
Part of the Video Series How to Play the Cello
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First Finger Position
Hello my name is Russell Squires and I’m here today on behalf of ExpertVillage.com. I’m going to talk to you right now about the first position, with the hand on the cello, the way we find the first position is by placing our thumb two inches below the peg box on the back of the neck. Directly above where that thumb is located is where our second finger goes. The way we number our fingers goes in consecutive order, our pointer finger is first and it goes on from there, second, third and fourth. When placing that thumb two inches below the peg box, second finger directly above it, our second finger is then one and a half step above that open string. This makes our first finger play slightly behind to the second, one step above the open string and our third finger two steps above, and our fourth finger three steps above.
Hello my name is Russell Squires and I’m here today on behalf of ExpertVillage.com. I’m going to talk to you right now about the first position, with the hand on the cello, the way we find the first position is by placing our thumb two inches below the peg box on the back of the neck. Directly above where that thumb is located is where our second finger goes. The way we number our fingers goes in consecutive order, our pointer finger is first and it goes on from there, second, third and fourth. When placing that thumb two inches below the peg box, second finger directly above it, our second finger is then one and a half step above that open string. This makes our first finger play slightly behind to the second, one step above the open string and our third finger two steps above, and our fourth finger three steps above.
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