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georgcello
Australia
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Born in Aachen, Georg holds degrees in performance and teaching cello (1976) classical guitar (1978) Freiburg, Germany.
Scholarship to masterclass with Enrico Mainardi, Janos Starker and Gerhard Hamann.
Conducted chamber music classes and cello workshops.
Georg lives in the Blue Mountains / Australia - performing, composing, recording and teaching cello and guitar.
Georg is the author of "My CELLO METHOD" in 6 Volumes, a complete course from the start to Haydn Concerto.
His Method links to online video lessons (patreon course) plus Duo recordings.
1992 - 2014 Gypsy Music concerts with G.Szelski on violin, Georg on guitar.
1997- 2013: more than 200 Cello concerts at Jenolan Caves - the world's longest series of cello solo concerts
2012 - Analysis, Videos, CD's of the 6 Suites by J.S.Bach
2013/14 - Rainforest Recitals
2014 - 2018 Cello & Chocolate
From 2020 - Concerts in our garden
Georg recorded an LP in 1983, 12 CD's and published many compositions and arrangements
Scholarship to masterclass with Enrico Mainardi, Janos Starker and Gerhard Hamann.
Conducted chamber music classes and cello workshops.
Georg lives in the Blue Mountains / Australia - performing, composing, recording and teaching cello and guitar.
Georg is the author of "My CELLO METHOD" in 6 Volumes, a complete course from the start to Haydn Concerto.
His Method links to online video lessons (patreon course) plus Duo recordings.
1992 - 2014 Gypsy Music concerts with G.Szelski on violin, Georg on guitar.
1997- 2013: more than 200 Cello concerts at Jenolan Caves - the world's longest series of cello solo concerts
2012 - Analysis, Videos, CD's of the 6 Suites by J.S.Bach
2013/14 - Rainforest Recitals
2014 - 2018 Cello & Chocolate
From 2020 - Concerts in our garden
Georg recorded an LP in 1983, 12 CD's and published many compositions and arrangements
Study for positions 1 - 4 - No 91 from My CELLO METHOD Vol. 3
Cello: Ella J. & Georg Mertens
A great study for learning positions 1 to 4 (G.M.)
* For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music / for the online cello lesson course - or Talks on the Bach Cello Suites - go to "Collections". Lesson No 1-10 are offered as a free trial (ad free), sheet music attached.
* Sheet music also available from my website - www.georgcello.com/sheetmusic.htm
* or Sheet Music Plus - www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Georg+Mertens
* Full playlist of My Cello Method duos:
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* And here the playlist of our concert performances:
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* For videos on Cello Issues like vibrato, length of endpin go to - ua-cam.com/play/PLa4x_CVYDVRXAnJJ_6HeRujngwTZ8cMEd.html
A great study for learning positions 1 to 4 (G.M.)
* For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music / for the online cello lesson course - or Talks on the Bach Cello Suites - go to "Collections". Lesson No 1-10 are offered as a free trial (ad free), sheet music attached.
* Sheet music also available from my website - www.georgcello.com/sheetmusic.htm
* or Sheet Music Plus - www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Georg+Mertens
* Full playlist of My Cello Method duos:
ua-cam.com/play/PLa4x_CVYDVRXQT9KB0v_cJF353gc1yHMf.html
* And here the playlist of our concert performances:
ua-cam.com/play/PLa4x_CVYDVRVu36cvDRoylg9DZTar7SZH.html
* For videos on Cello Issues like vibrato, length of endpin go to - ua-cam.com/play/PLa4x_CVYDVRXAnJJ_6HeRujngwTZ8cMEd.html
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The Old Reel (Irish fiddle tune) for Cello Duo
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Cello: Ella J. & Georg Mertens No 75 from My CELLO METHOD Volume 3 - the first piece with the extended 2nd position. * For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music / for the online cello lesson course - or Talks on the Bach Cello Suites - go to "Collection" Volume 3, which includes a lesson on "Old Reel". - Lesson No 1...
Bach Cello Suite No 1, Gigue - as original as possible, standard A, modern bow
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Cello: Georg Mertens First published on my patreon course: The Bach Cello Suites - Talks - Lessons - Recordings: www.patreon.com/georgcello - then go to "Collections" - a lesson to the Gigue is included (ad free - sheet music attached). The bowings and interpretation are according to the 4 manuscripts of the 18th century. * To Vibrato in Baroque Music: The Baroque composer Geminiani wrote in 17...
Renaissance Dance: Alman - arranged for Cello Duo
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Cello: Ella J. & Georg Mertens No 84 from "My CELLO METHOD" Volume 3 from pieces for high 3rd position. This beautiful Alman (anonymous) is written in 3 parts and in 3 keys, starting in A minor, a middle part in F major and ending in D minor, a conglomerate of ancient melodies united in one old lute piece, here arranged for 2 cellos. The name Alman or Almain is the same dance as the usual Frenc...
My CELLO METHOD Lesson No 7, French Folk Song - both parts at lesson 7 level
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Cello Duo: Ella J. & Georg Mertens On cello this song should start with an up bow to play the endnote of each line with a down bow (down stroke). For a detailed cello lesson see www.patreon.com/georgcello, click on "collections" then go to Volume 1, the lesson is public. * For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music /...
Lee study opus 131 No 5 - arranged for cello duo
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Cellos: Ella J. & Georg Mertens This Lee study is No 121 from "My CELLO METHOD" Volume 5 - Mastering positions 5 - 7. In My CELLLO METHOD pieces are arranged for cello Duo (except Bach solo Suites). * For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music / for the online cello lesson course - or Talks on the Bach Cello Suites -...
Song of the Birds (Cant dels Ocells, Catalan Traditional) - arranged for cello duo
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Cellos: Ella Jamieson & Georg Mertens The Song of Birds is No 122 from "My CELLO METHOD" Volume 5 - Mastering positions 5 - 7 in an arrangement for 2 cellos. * For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music / for the online cello lesson course including a lesson on the "Song of Birds" - or Talks on the Bach Cello Suites ...
Bach Cello Suite No 1 - The Menuets as original as possible, standard A, modern bow
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Cello - Georg Mertens Note: The Eb's in bar/measure 3 & 7. Detailed research can be found in the Bach Talks on Cello Suite I: www.patreon.com/collection/143398 - In Bach's time string players used a Baroque bow. If you ever played one, they sound and feel different, in fact played on modern strings they don't develop their typical sound. Using the Baroque bowing for our bow today can get very n...
CELLO ISSUES - Trigger finger / locked joint: What to Do?
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Many have this problem - but it's rarely discussed. Here a collection of ideas, which helped: (First published as part of "My CELLO METHOD" videos on patreon - details below) 0.00 min - Description 1.12 min - A temporary problem 1.26 min - A quick fix: avoidance 1.41 min - Identifying exactly 2.05 min - change fingering 2.26 min - Taking general fear by pinpointing 3.01 min - Left hand posture ...
Lee Study No 1 op 131 - Arrangement for Cello Duo
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Cello: Ella J. & Georg Mertens This Lee study is No 105 from My CELLO METHOD Volume 4 "Gems from the vast cello repertoire within positions 1-4". The arrangement for cello duo is by Georg. * For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music / for the online cello lesson course - or Talks on the Bach Cello Suites - go to "Co...
J.S. Bach Choral "Jesu meine Freude (Jesu my Joy)" - arranged for 2 cellos
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Cellos: Ella J. & Georg Mertens This choral is No 93 from "My CELLO METHOD" Volume 3, pieces in 4th position. * For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music / for the online cello lesson course - or Talks on the Bach Cello Suites - go to "Collections". Lesson No 1-10 are offered as a free trial, sheet music attached. *...
Bach Cello Suite No 1, The Menuets - with an accompaniment for a 2nd cello!
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Cello: Ella J. & Georg Mertens This Menuet arranged as a cello Duo is No 115 from My CELLO METHOD Volume 4 "Gems from the vast cello Repertoire within Positions 1 - 4". I wrote the accompaniment for a student, who was very good but very nervous - she didn't want to play by herself. If I played the same part, I couldn't hear her because she played very soft, so I wrote the accompaniment and we p...
Andantino / Matteo Carcassi - arranged for cello duo
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Cello Duo: Ella J. & Georg Mertens The Andantino is No 18 from My CELLO METHOD Volume 1. The original is written for Classical guitar. * For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beautifully" visit: www.patreon.com/georgcello - click "Shop" for sheet music / for the online cello lesson course - or Talks on the Bach Cello Suites - go to "Collections". Lesson No 1-10 are offered as a free trial...
Bach Cello Suites Talk: Suite 1 - E or Eb in bar/measure 7 of Menuet 2?
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First published as part of my series: The Bach Cello Suites Project - Talks, Lessons, Recordings - www.patreon.com/georgcello/collections? - then click: Bach Cello Suites Content: 0.00 min - the Eb and E in bar 3 & 7 of Menuet 2 1.10 min - The manuscripts 1.17 - Kellner 1.55 - Anna Magdalena / manuscript C 2.31 - Manuscript D 3.09 - Norblin (Cotelle / Probst) 319 - Prints from Dotzauer on; Eb &...
Breval Sonata C major 1st mov. - arrangement for 2 Cellos
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Cello: Ella J. & Georg Mertens This arrangement for cello Duo is part of My CELLO METHOD Volume 4 "Gems from the vast repertoire of music within positions 1 - 4" (No 107) This Sonata is and was for many - and for me too - the first real Sonata movement I played as a learner, written by the French early Classical composer Jean Baptiste Breval. * For My CELLO METHOD "Learning to play cello beauti...
CELLO ISSUES - Playing just for fun versus Practising
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CELLO ISSUES - Playing just for fun versus Practising
Bach Prelude No 1 for cello solo (starting 8 slurred)
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Bach Prelude No 1 for cello solo (starting 8 slurred)
Prelude from Bach Cello Suite No 1 - as original as possible, standard A, modern bow
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Prelude from Bach Cello Suite No 1 - as original as possible, standard A, modern bow
Bach Cello Suite No 1 Sarabande - as original as possible, standard A, modern bow
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Bach Cello Suite No 1 Sarabande - as original as possible, standard A, modern bow
Bach Talk: Sarabande of Cello Suite No 1 - F or F# in bar/measure 13?
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Bach Talk: Sarabande of Cello Suite No 1 - F or F# in bar/measure 13?
Schubert "Ständchen" (Romantic Serenade) - arranged for Cello Duo
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Schubert "Ständchen" (Romantic Serenade) - arranged for Cello Duo
Tango Cello-Guitar - Tremolo pizzicato / underground Cave recording 2008
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Tango Cello-Guitar - Tremolo pizzicato / underground Cave recording 2008
Brahms Cello Sonata E-minor - Ilford Church Concert
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Brahms Cello Sonata E-minor - Ilford Church Concert
Chopin - Largo from Cello Sonata G minor - arranged for 2 Cellos
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Chopin - Largo from Cello Sonata G minor - arranged for 2 Cellos
Bach Cello Suites Talk: Why so many bowing options in the Prelude of Suite 1
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Bach Cello Suites Talk: Why so many bowing options in the Prelude of Suite 1
Bach Cello Suites Talk: Prelude of Suite No 1 - Bar/measure 26 : B or Bb
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Bach Cello Suites Talk: Prelude of Suite No 1 - Bar/measure 26 : B or Bb
Early one Morning - arranged for Cello Duo
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Early one Morning - arranged for Cello Duo
"The Irish Washerwoman" - Arrangement for Cello Duo
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"The Irish Washerwoman" - Arrangement for Cello Duo
La Cinquantaine (Gabriel Marie) - Edition for 2 Cellos
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La Cinquantaine (Gabriel Marie) - Edition for 2 Cellos
Thank you very much for this video. I started a few months ago at age 52. I love it! But my hands do struggle with pain. This is very useful advice 🎶
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This is just absolutely beautiful.
Filled with soul; beautiful.
Thank you for this. This is what I needed to hear. Rhank you.
Thank you Alexis. Enjoy playing to the fullest!
very nice
Nicely done!
Brilliant ❤️
That's very torching u guys r amazing ❤
Do you have full song? Thank you
Yes, it is in Volume 2 of My Cello Method, website: www.georgcello.com/sheetmusic.htm
This is so beautiful ❤
This is beautiful. Thanks for making your music available as sheet music.
Your video's are gifts. Thank you sir.
Beautiful! The arrangement, and the playing.
Thank you Wendy
Почему цыганская? У этого романса есть конкретные авторы и они русские .
So emotional & melancholic. Stunning performance, what talent and beauty is presented to us here ❤❤❤
Thank you Rose
Woody Herman ‘Golden Wedding’ did he use the main melody of this piece..? 🤔
My biggest problem is no.1 finger. It hurts so much, because I push it in so much. I think this will help
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I very much like the arrangement 😍 and of course your both's performance.
Thank you Barbara
Thank you for teaching us how to listen to what our fingers are telling us.
Thanks Richard
Beautiful!
Fantastic Sound 💦🌷👍
Very very beatifull ❤
Thank you Adriana
00:00 Largo 03:06 allegro 06:24 Largo 09:30 allegro
Clicks through! Thanks Paul
Beautiful! So far, the best of Ave Maria!
Great! Hi Geaorge, I want to know if Cello could be played proficiently with overhand bow grip?
Excellent!
Thanks Marc!
Exellent!
I had this issue in both my thumb and little finger of left hand. Both are fine now - did acupuncture and now use ginger and arnica massage oil every day and/or after every practice. No further issues.
Acupuncture. It helped my trigger finger. I'm a pianist /keyboardist. The sooner you get treatments, the easier it is to fix it
Yes, I have heard it absolutely can help the trigger finger cramp. The locked joint though seems more a cello problem and needs its special treatment focussed on cello positions.
I found this lesson extremely helpful, although I only have locked joints in my right hand. This problem blocked my advancing in piano to a professional level, so I focused entirely on the cello. The dynamics you described between the second and third joints on a finger can be applied to piano playing, too. Since this is not a piano forum, I will resist going more deeply into this unless there is interest. I also benefitted from what you said about touching other strings. I had noticed that if I avoided touching the D string, say, when playing a D on the G string made a better sound so I started to avoid touching the next string whenever possible. I became obsesses with overtones! This was a mistake. Your blind man's walk around a large room demonstrated very well how this constrains cello playing.
@violetFlameMusic I was reading up on acupuncture and trigger finger and it seems to apply best to joints that are inflamed. My joints are very loose with no inflammation and have been this way since birth. Do you think acupuncture would be helpful?
For locked joints the problem went away with my students using the exercises and changes mentioned, without other medical interference. As for the cramps magnesium tablets helped really well.
I had a cello lesson today and showed my teacher how you pretended to be blind and tried to find the walls in a large room. I emulated your fumbling reaches and your graceful dance, and she and I both howled with laughter! This is just what I needed to break through to the next level. Thank you!
Very nice! Thanks for this, glad to be a new subscriber to your channel.
Thanks Greg
Thank you for the great videos. I am starting to learn at 40! I love that you mention the thumbs dont have to be bent on either hand. I find bending them only adds to my tension. Your video about fingers touching the other strings and making small adjustments when needed was something I find myself already doing. I have a long way to go but glad great teachers like you are sharing your knowledge. I have a teacher but having more knowledge from different sources helps me grow. Thanks again!!
Thank you. It's rewarding reaching students far away! I did a series about more cello issues, maybe you find some helpful - www.patreon.com/collection/12367?view=expanded
Where did you fine the sheet music for this duet? i can only find the main part
It is part of My CELLO METHOD Volume 4, there are all Duos, like also Breval, La Cinq etc. Best go to www.patreon.com/georgcello, then click on "shop" (it's one of the last ones)
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I love how you have systemized repertoire building and maintenance, and have noted both the benefits and parameters! I will apply this! Have already noticed “forgetting mistakes” when i return after a break, but hadn’t realized it was that! Your videos are going on my favorites/rewatch list!❤ Thank you so much!
Thanks, realising things is a great way forward
I love this, and will listen to it, jot down the main points & adopt it.
Thank you for debunking some 'common wisdoms'. You are a critical and science-minded thinker.
Thanks Eric, yes, the 'common wisdom' are often easy to remember nonsense
This is really nice, Georg.
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Vielen Dank für die tollen Videos ❤😊
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很好👍
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Thanks for your video 🙏
Best than original version,more melodic
lovely
Beautiful compositions, all of the preludes in this series. Thank God I finally found low cello songs to play
Thanks!