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Stage 3 - A minimum of 2 years should be spent at this stage
Upper strings
- Recap from Stage 2
- Postural awareness
- 2nd ,3rd and 4th positions
- Consolidate keys from Stage 2
- Cover more minor keys
- Play in new positions without changing out of the position
- Shifting
- Natural harmonics
- Circular movement with bow hand
- Introducing double stops
- Putting 1 finger down on 2 strings
- Putting 2 fingers down on 2 strings
Cellos
- Recap from Stage 2
- 2nd and 3rd positions with extensions
- Scales and arpeggios: All keys up to 3 sharps and flats
- Consolidating and moving around different positions up to 4th position
- Play off the string
- More advanced bowing techniques involving slurs and staccato
- Introducing tenor clef
- Postural awareness
Double basses
- Basics of Tuning
- Bow hold
- Basic bow strokes and terminology
- Holding instrument and posture
- Plucking and arco sound
- One octave scales of E, F, G, A, B, Bb, C, D
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