The rugged Cellist.....

What is the first thing that pops into your mind when your best friend says "Cellist"? 
Did you draw a blank yet? 
   When I think of a cellist, a few things that rapidly outline the name are things like carpal tunnel, awkward positioning for your shoulders and wrists, and crazy bands like Apocalyptica!
    It's true... If you don't know what your doing on your brand new cello you can really screw up your posture and even your non replaceable wrists.  Can you imagine being in that crazy cello stance for a whole concert?  I dunno, but my sister does it all the time! 
   
   Take one section of playing the cello. Bowing. 
OK, pretty basic right? Back and forth on certain strings. But get a load! The hand has to have a certain fingering on that horse hair, the arm has to swing back and forth evenly and you have to accurately scrape the right string while your left hand awkwardly gropes for the right fingering on the neck. Tricky!
      
        Cellists could almost stand second place ( bagpipes first place) for the ruggedness section.I mean for me it's pretty easy to see a crazy cellist bowing on the top of a rugged Icelandic cliff bowing with all the mastery of someone..... rugged I guess. And then you have the waves crashing below only a few inches from where her first toe is. 
....playing an Apocalyptica song with heavy rosin.  
       OK maybe that's just a little bit off topic, but you get the picture.
        It's all in how you play, you can be super cool and awesome, or you can have that silly oafish face that some musicians carry on their faces. 




      

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