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Stylistic precision matters more than speed at this level.
Tell the teacher what is going wrong in it, tempo, intonation, rhythm, tone, or musicality. Real fix in 30 seconds.
Be the first public take on Concerto in D major Hob. VIIb:2, Mvt. I opening. Every shared score ranks on this board.
Claim the ThroneAround 108 bpm for cello audition prep. Panels reward effortless evenness at tempo over a rushed showpiece, so lock the tempo in before you push for speed.
On the same five dimensions real panels use: tone, intonation, rhythm, tempo, and musicality. High-school all-state cello auditions in most US states
The opening melody sits in first and fourth position: confirm your fourth-position landing by practicing the octave jump with a drone on D. Haydn Classical vibrato: use it on dotted-quarter notes and longer. Fast sixteenths should be clean and articulated, not vibrated.
High School level. Make sure your scales and shifting are solid at this standard before you record an audition take.
Yes. Talk through Concerto in D major Hob. VIIb:2, Mvt. I opening with the teacher, free, no signup. Play your take, get the one specific fix that is actually costing you points, then run it again. The teacher listens every day, not just at lesson time.
That is the Judge, the other tool. You record a 30-second take and it comes back scored on tempo, intonation, rhythm, tone, and musicality. Private: only you see the result.
Record a take, get it scoredFree. No account needed for your first take.