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stacijones
Registered User
(10/5/00 12:10:47 pm)
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buy or
rent
I am a beginning cello student. I am
deciding whether to buy or rent a cello. I can rent one for a year
at $330.00. I have seen some cellos for sale as low as $250.00
(Cremona). Taking everything into consideration as far as quality,
price, etc., I'm not sure which is best. Do the low-end models add
difficulty to the learning process or are they a fine place to
start? I figure that with either decision I would purchase a nicer
cello a couple years down the road. Any input is greatly
appreciated. I am also interested in recommendations of beginning
lesson books.
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OyOy
Registered User
(10/5/00 12:15:54 pm)
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Re: buy
or rent
You need a teacher, and you need a
decent instrument & bow. You are wasting your time & money
otherwise. Go to www.cellos2go.com and they will work with you. Ask
around and get references for people who teach adults.
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Ellen
G 
Registered User
(10/5/00 12:45:29 pm)
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Re: buy
or rent
It may be a poor analogy, but the
way I see it is like trying to draw with a box of fat Crayola
crayons, thinner crayons, colored pencils, watercolors or oils.
You can certain draw a recognizable picture with the fat
crayons. But you cannot smooth out certain lines, and you can't
blend colors. You are always left with a sort of roughness to what
you've drawn. As you graduate up through the different drawing
implements you can add more to your drawing, more details, make
smoother transitions, be more precise, have more colors to
blend.
With a cello you can start with a less expensive
instrument which will allow you to learn the proper posture and
where the fingers go and certain basic principles. (Analogy: You can
draw stick people.) If you are lucky, you will have a decent wooden
bow because this is SO important to your success.
Anyway,
you can get only so far with this and then you will become very
dissatisfied with your stick people and wonder how you are going to
fit two eyes, a nose and a mouth in that circle you've drawn for a
head because the crayon tips are so worn and fat that you can't get
the details.
Blending string changes, developing a vibrato,
achieveing good tone. These are things that, if you can't achieve
them on your bargain cello, you will not know whether you are doing
something wrong or if it is the instrument. It's your money you
spend on lessons, your time on practice. I should think you would
want to get the most out of it you can. As long as you are informed
enough to know when it's time to move, it IS a starting point which
is better than having no crayons at all.
p.s. This is an
opinion, mine.
Edited by: Ellen
G at: 10/5/00 12:45:29
pm
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