Learning the Cello

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 " May the instructions contained herein, direct and stimulate you to that which is good and artistic."- A. Broadly

Hello cello lovers,

As you can see from the menu, learning the cello is a very broad topic!

The ideas you will find here have been gleaned from many teachers and have arisen from my own cello teaching. 

Through this website, I hope to help educate anyone who is looking for inspiration and practical help in learning the cello.

I retired from cello teaching in 2025 and now my only goal in life is to learn as much of the music of J.S. Bach that I possibly can before I die. I'm also learning to compose baroque-style music and am still arranging music for cello solo, duets, trios, quartets and quintets - primarily Bach, of course!

For free you can enjoy my recent Bach arrangements for cello ensemble and other strings by clicking on "as arranger". Just go to this IMSLP page. 

You can also download a variety of sheet music (for free!) from this website. 

Suzanne Dicker

suzannedicker@gmail.com


What is more wonderful than to be able to make music with people who you love!

 
                    This website was first published in May 2014