Scale Studies (One String) for the Cello, Book One presents the advanced cellist with an exciting array of scale studies and variations up a single string. The books in this series are particularly useful as essential daily technique, helping the cello player acquire a mental map of the higher positions of the fingerboard, and prepare for scales in concert literature. Other books in the series are Scale Studies (One String) for the Cello, Book Two and Book Three, and related studies are included in Broken Thirds (One String) for the Cello, Book Two. This is an extended edition, with additional keys and variations.

Jan H���_mal�_ (1844-1915) was an influential Czech violinist and teacher, associated with Moscow Conservatory for 46 years. These are his progressive scale studies in 10 sections.

Scale Studies (One String) for the Cello, Book One presents the advanced cellist with an exciting array of scale studies and variations up a single string. The books in this series are particularly useful as essential daily technique, helping the cello player acquire a mental map of the higher positions of the fingerboard, and prepare for scales in concert literature. Other books in the series are Scale Studies (One String) for the Cello, Book Two and Book Three, and related studies are included in Broken Thirds (One String) for the Cello, Book Two. This is an extended edition, with additional keys and variations.

The first scale book to guide students of all levels in a step-by-step fashion through the most essential scale exercises. Rhythmic and bowing variations of gradually increasing difficulty take the monotony out of daily scale practice, and because each scale and associated scale work is located on facing pages, assigning scales has never been easier. Institutes a new approach to practicing octaves, thirds, and even tenths. Designed to help cellists achieve unparalleled command of even the most advanced techniques.

Cello scales and variations in first position.

Scale Studies Book Three gives the advanced cellist a new set of variations on the one-string scale for daily study. The exercises are more difficult than those in Book Two, with a greater use of the thumb and a focus on speed and agility. This is an extended edition, with additional keys and variations.