Talk:Cello technique

SLIPPERY SLOPE
This entire article could really be a BAD mistake. There literally hundreds of technique names and procedures for these that would make thi article a how to, which is not what we have in wikipedia. Why not make it EXAMPLES, noting that there are more. Otherwise, this article would never be finished and really a giant how to guide, which is not a true wiki article...Coal town guy (talk) 18:50, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Suggested move to "Cello technique"
I've seen it suggested that a better name for this article would be Cello technique. In a parallel vein, Violin technique redirects to Playing the violin. To me, it makes a certain degree of sense to have the primary title be " technique" with "Playing the " being the redirect.

That said, I don't really have a horse in this race. As long as the article(s) remain descriptive and avoid being prescriptive how-to, I don't mind about the particulars of titling and redirection. This is a place to discuss it further... __ Just plain Bill (talk) 23:52, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Many thanks Just plain Bill. I wanted to avoid the very slippery slope of this becoming a how to. Additionally, as there are virtually endless techniques that are specific to a time period or genre of music, I believe a summary fashion would be great as well. Example, here is alisting of techniques for harmonics, its by no means complete etc etc In fact, the Violin article does a fair job of that.Coal town guy (talk) 00:58, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Technique questions and away we go
Hey all who may edit here, I habe a few questions about the content of cello technique. I guess you might consider mne an advanced player, not certain how that is ranked nowadays, so, questions, Should we include a section on positions? How do we note that techniques maybe combined, example, Harmonic Glissando? Another question, keeping in mind that there are MANY techniques, a summary approach much like the violin article could be used, how do we want to notate that? Notation for percussive sounds, harmonics,trills, turns etc etc, WHERE to get the Pics? Speaking of images, Positions and proper playing posture will have them??? Many thanksCoal town guy (talk) 15:04, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Vibrato and its usage NOT a style choice
Hey therwe, I will again be editing the Vibrato section...Vibrato is not a style choice.........the absence or presence of it can be annotated and there are some compositions which strictly mark to NOT use it..thus, stating its a style choice is false...Coal town guy (talk) 01:54, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Chromatic fingering on the cello
This article on cello technique quotes a website, saying: "Cello fingering, he [Duport] thought, ought to emulate violin playing where each finger plays a half step or semitone." While the Wikipedia article does have a footnote showing the source website ("The Magic of the French School of Cello Playing". Interlude.hk. 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2019-02-23.), it does not indicate that this is a direct quote from the website. More egregiously, what this website says in this quote is rubbish. Duport did establish chromatic fingering (one finger per half step) as stated, but this was not in emulation of violin technique, where the practice is diatonic fingering (one finger per diatonic step), but rather a departure from it. This diatonic fingering can also be traced back to viola da gamba technique from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Diatonic fingering, which allows a larger range of notes within one hand position, is practical on the smaller violin and viola but not on the cello. The chromatic fingering (one finger per half step) described in the article, would be very cramped feeling on the violin. I would be happy to rewrite this portion of the article, but it is just one of many points where the article is factually inaccurate. --HenryPurcell (talk) 01:51, 16 July 2019 (UTC)