Cello Online: Cello Class

A self-guided cello class that explores cello music throughout history.*

Cello Online's Cello Class is a fun and easy way to actively learn, study and play beautiful cello music from a wide variety of styles and eras. 54 pieces are featured, representing music history periods, cultures and styles such as Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century, Fiddle, Klezmer, Gypsy, Chinese, Greek, Carnatic, Arabic, Mariachi, Ragtime and Blues. These arrangements have been simplified for advanced beginners to intermediate players and include a representative sampling of most major forms of string music such as concertos, symphonies, sonatas, quartets and trios. Interchangeable parts are also available for cello and viola.

Study Unit 1: Medieval & Renaissance

Discover when the cello was first invented, and learn more about early forms of music played on stringed instruments and the cello during the Medieval and Renaissance musical periods.

Study Unit 2: Baroque Musical Period

Delve into grand and ornate music by Baroque composers such Handel, Vivaldi and Bach, and gain information about musical forms such as sonatas, cantatas and oratorios.

Study Unit 3: Classical Musical Period

Experience the elegant, restrained and balanced sound of music by Classical composers such as Mozart and Haydn, and find out more about musical forms such as quartets, symphonies and concertos.

Study Unit 4: Romantic Musical Period

Explore the lush, emotional and expansive music of the Romantic period, and survey forms of music such as opera, ballet, chamber music and symphonic poems.

Study Unit 5: 20th Century Musical Period

Examine the experimental and diverse music of 20th century composers such as Webern, Stravinsky and Bartok, and learn more about musical concepts such as atonality, neoclassicism and tone rows.

Study Unit 6: Non-Traditional

Investigate alternate styles of string music, outside of the traditional category of Western European classical art music, and become familiar with musical styles such as Fiddle, Klezmer, Gypsy, Chinese, Greek, Carnatic, Arabic, Mariachi, Ragtime and Blues.