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Below are sheet music, recordings, strings, and accessories that we typically recommend to students.

Sheet Music

Recordings

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Suzuki Materials:

Suzuki Cello Books and CDs

I Can Read Music Volume 1

I Can Read Music Volume 2

Etudes & Technique:

Technical Studies -Julius Klengel

Cello Sight-Reading Vol. 1

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Cello Sight-Reading Vol. 2

Position Pieces for Cello by Rick Mooney

​Thumb Position Book 1 by Rick Mooney

Thumb Position Book 2 by Rick Mooney

40 Easy Studies, Op. 70 by Sebastian Lee

Double Stops for Cello by Rick Mooney


Alwin Schroeder 170 Foundation Studies for Cello Vol. 1

Alwin Schroeder 170  Foundation Studies for Cello Vol. 2

Jean-Louis Duport 21 Etudes for Cello

Changing the Positions, Op. 8 Ottakar Sevcik

Otakar Sevcik: Cello Studies - 40 Variations Op. 3

Violoncello Technique - Mark Yampolsky

15 Easy Studies - David Popper

Preparatory Studies op. 76 - David Popper

High School of Cello Playing  Op. 73 - David Popper

Solos, Sonatas and Concertos:

Six Suites For Cello Solo, BWV 1007-1012

Three Easy Pieces for Cello - Paul Hindemith

Hungarian Rhapsody - David Popper

Cello Concerto in C Major -Joseph Haydn

Cello Concerto in D Major - Joseph Haydn

Cello Concerto No.1 in G minor -Dimitri Kabalevsky

Cello Concerto in e minor - Edward Elgar

Kol Nidrei Op. 47 - Max Bruch

Concerto in A minor - C. Saint-Saens


Suzuki Cello

Books 1 & 2 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi):

Download on Amazon 
Download on iTunes 

Books 3 & 4 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi):

Download on Amazon 
Download on iTunes 

Book 5 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi):

Download on Amazon 
Download on iTunes 

Book 6 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi):

Download on Amazon 
Download on iTunes 

Book 7 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi):

Download on Amazon 
Download on iTunes 

Book 8 (Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi):

Download on Amazon 
Download on iTunes 
Cello Solo

Mstislav Rostropovich Dvorak Cello Concerto


Mstislav Rostropovich Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1

The Cello in the 17th Century - Anner Bylsma

Bach Cello Suites - Truls Mork

Starker Plays Kodaly

Vivaldi 6 Cello Sonatas - Christophe Coin

Orchestral


Peer Gynt Suite - New York Philharmonic


Shostakovich Symphony 13 - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Haitink


Alexander Nevsky - Prokofiev.  Chicago Symphony

Chamber Music

Shostakovich Complete Quartets - Fitzwilliam  Quartet


Schubert Trios - Beaux Arts Trio

Misc. Cello

Hush - Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby Mcferrin


The Road to Cello Playing - Janos Starker


Cello Drones for Tuning and Improvisation


Recommended Strings (In order of cost/quality)

For fractional (not full size) instruments:

Affordable
d'addario Helicore

Best
Larsen fractional sized strings

For full size instruments:

Less Expensive:
Jargar A, D
Helicore G, C

Jargar A, D
Pirastro Permanent G, C

Recommend set for most people:
Larsen A, D Medium
Spirocore Tungsten G,C Medium

or
Larsen A,D Medium
Larsen Magnacore G,C Medium

The Proper Chair

The proper chair for playing the cello is one that provides firm support and is high enough so that the player's knees are SLIGHTLY below the hips.  The chair should have a flat seat.

Adjustrite Folding Cello Chair

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Foldable, and portable though heavy. Height adjustable.

Endpin Stops

Don't let your cello slide all over! Get an endpin stop! 
Xeros Endpin Anchor

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Black Hole Endpin Stop.

This one actually works unlike the squishy foam variety.
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Tuners

Korg Ca-2 Tuner
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Peterson iStrobosoft for iPhone

Peterson iStrobosoft for Android
Download the "orchestral" sweetener pack after installation to customize the tuner app to use pure 5ths for the cello instead of equal temperament.
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Metronomes

Wittner MT-50 Metronome
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Boss Dr. Beat DB-90 
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