Contreras, Horacio, arr.
Written by world renown pedagogue, Roland Vamos, this collection of
double-stop exercises fill a void in the literature of technical exercises
for cellists. These etudes feature a systematic series of fixed double-stops
that enables the player to practice and master every possible combination of
finger patterns across two strings without shifting. Mr. Vamos says of the
book, The most important accomplishment is the development of a strong left
handà These e...

• Introduction
• Forewords by Roland Vamos and Richard Aaron
• About Horacio Contreras
• Index of Basic Patterns
• Book 1
• Neck Positions: Pattern I
• VI
• Book II
• Thumb Positions: Pattern I
• VI
• Alternative Bowing Patterns